The sodium nitrate–urea eutectic binary mixture as a phase change material for medium temperature thermal energy storage. Part II: Accelerated thermal cycling test and water uptake behavior of the material

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 1076-1083

  Diarce, G ^a   Corro Martinez E ^a   Campos Celador, A A ^a   Garcia Romero A ^a   Sala, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eutectic; Moisture; PCM; Sodium nitrate; Thermal cycling; Urea

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BYPRODUCTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENTHALPY; EUTECTICS; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; METABOLISM; MOISTURE; NITRATES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL ENERGY; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCELERATED THERMAL CYCLES; ACCELERATED THERMAL CYCLING; ACCELERATED THERMAL CYCLING TEST; DEGRADATION BY-PRODUCTS; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; HYGROSCOPIC BEHAVIOR; LATENT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGES; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS;

SODIUM NITRATE;

EID: 84964692023     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.020     Document Type: Article

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