Stable, low-cost phase change material for building applications: The eutectic mixture of decanoic acid and tetradecanoic acid

Applied Energy

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 457-464

  Kahwaji, Samer ^a   Johnson, Michel B ^a   Kheirabadi, Ali C ^a   Groulx, Dominic ^a   White, Mary Anne ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eutectic; PCM; Phase change material; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; EUTECTICS; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING POINT; MIXTURES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ACCURATE MODELING; BINARY PHASE DIAGRAMS; BUILDING APPLICATIONS; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; TEMPERATURE COMPOSITION; TETRADECANOIC ACID; THERMAL RELIABILITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; COST ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; FATTY ACID; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84957837928     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.115     Document Type: Article

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