A refrigerated container envelope with a PCM (Phase Change Material) layer: Experimental and theoretical investigation in a representative town in Central Italy

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 122, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-141

  Fioretti, Roberto ^a   Principi, Paolo ^a   Copertaro, Benedetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; PCM; Phase change materials; Refrigerated container

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ACTIVITIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SOFTWARES; PCM (PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL); THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; UNSTEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84971207665     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.071     Document Type: Article

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