Preparation of paraffin/expanded vermiculite with enhanced thermal conductivity by implanting network carbon in vermiculite layers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 277, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-63

  Guan, Wei min ^a   Li, Jin hong ^a   Qian, Ting ting ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Deng, Yong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Expanded vermiculite; Form stable composite PCM; Paraffin; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; MELTING POINT; PARAFFINS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETER ANALYSIS; ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPANDED VERMICULITE; FORM-STABLE COMPOSITE PCM; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CYCLING TEST;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84929492593     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.077     Document Type: Article

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