Shape stabilised phase change materials based on a high melt viscosity HDPE and paraffin waxes

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-82

  Mu, Mulan ^a   Basheer, P A M ^b   Sha, Wei ^a   Bai, Yun ^c   McNally, Tony ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrusion; HDPE; Paraffin wax; Shape stabilised phase change materials; SSPCM

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; EXTRUSION; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LATENT HEAT; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PROCESSING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; MELT PROCESSING TEMPERATURES; MELT VISCOSITIES; MODE OF DEFORMATION; SSPCM; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SHAPE; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER; VISCOSITY; WAX;

EID: 84944937690     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.030     Document Type: Article

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