Development of microencapsulated phase change material for solar thermal energy storage

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 112, Issue , 2017, Pages 1205-1212

  Su, Weiguang ^a   Darkwa, Jo ^b   Kokogiannakis, Georgios ^c  

^a QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microencapsulation; Phase change material; Solar energy; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; HEAT STORAGE; MICROENCAPSULATION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL ENERGY;

EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY; ENERGY STORAGE DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 84994625460     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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