Micro/nano encapsulated n-tetracosane and n-octadecane eutectic mixture with polystyrene shell for low-temperature latent heat thermal energy storage applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-203

  Sari, Ahmet ^a   Alkan, Cemil ^a   Döğüşcü, Derya Kahraman ^a   Kizil, Cinar ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Eutectic mixture; Latent heat storage; Micro nano; PCM; PS

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; EUTECTICS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; PULSE CODE MODULATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL ENERGY;

BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MICRO/NANO; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL CYCLING TEST;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ALKENE; ENCAPSULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING; POLYMERIZATION; SHELL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84924586296     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.02.035     Document Type: Article

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