Thermal conductivity enhancement of polyethylene glycol/expanded vermiculite shape-stabilized composite phase change materials with silver nanowire for thermal energy storage

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 295, Issue , 2016, Pages 427-435

  Deng, Yong ^a   Li, Jinhong ^a   Qian, Tingting ^a   Guan, Weimin ^a   Li, Yali ^a   Yin, Xiaoping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Expanded vermiculite; Phase change material; Polyethylene glycol; Silver nanowire; Thermal conductivity enhancement

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; SILVER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY; COMPOSITE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; EXPANDED VERMICULITE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; PHASE CHANGE LATENT HEAT; SILVER NANOWIRES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84961671406     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.068     Document Type: Article

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