Characterization and thermal performance of nitrate mixture/SiC ceramic honeycomb composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-197

  Li, Yong ^a   Guo, Bei ^a   Huang, Guanfei ^a   Kubo, Shuichi ^b   Shu, Pengcheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IBIDEN CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite phase change material; Nitrate mixture; SiC ceramic honeycomb; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FREEZING; HEAT STORAGE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MELTING; MIXTURES; NITRATES; POTASH; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

CERAMIC HONEYCOMBS; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; FREEZING LATENT HEAT; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; SIC CERAMICS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VACUUM INFILTRATION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84924252123     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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