Supercooling elimination of phase change materials (PCMs) microcapsules

Energy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 654-662

  Al Shannaq, Refat ^a,b   Kurdi, Jamal ^c   Al Muhtaseb, Shaheen ^b   Dickinson, Michelle ^a   Farid, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c University of Doha for Science and Technology   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Nucleating agent; PCM microcapsules thermal stability; Phase change materials (PCMs); Supercooling

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LATENT HEAT; POLYPROPYLENES; SUPERCOOLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF SUPERCOOLING; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; NUCLEATING AGENTS; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSES (TGA);

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 84930867352     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.033     Document Type: Article

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