Review of solid-liquid phase change materials and their encapsulation technologies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 373-391

  Su, Weiguang ^a   Darkwa, Jo ^b   Kokogiannakis, Georgios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation technologies; Micro nano encapsulation technologies; Phase change materials (PCMs)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; COREMAKING; ENCAPSULATION; HEAT STORAGE; LIQUIDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION TECHNOLOGY; INORGANIC PHASIS; MICRO-/NANO-ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGY; MICRO/NANO; NANO-ENCAPSULATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SOLID-LIQUID PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL DENSITY; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84928480731     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.044     Document Type: Review

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