Determination of the phase diagram and main thermophysical properties of the erythritol–urea eutectic mixture for its use as a phase change material

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 894-906

  Diarce, G ^a   Quant, L ^a   Campos Celador, A ^a   Sala, J M ^a   Garcia Romero A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Erythritol; Eutectic; PCM; Phase diagram; TES; Urea

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; METABOLISM; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TELLURIUM; THERMAL CYCLING; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCELERATED THERMAL CYCLING TEST; DOMESTIC HOT WATER; ERYTHRITOL; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE ABILITIES; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS;

EUTECTICS;

EID: 84989855217     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.08.016     Document Type: Article

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