Phase equilibrium in the design of phase change materials for thermal energy storage: State-of-the-art

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 558-581

  Gunasekara, Saman Nimali ^a   Martin, Viktoria ^a   Chiu, Justin Ningwei ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congruent melting; Eutectic; Peritectic; Phase change material (PCM); Phase diagram; Phase equilibrium; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EUTECTICS; FATTY ACIDS; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY;

CONGRUENT MELTING; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERITECTIC; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL STORAGES; PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS; STATE OF THE ART; STORAGE STATE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 85011272680     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.108     Document Type: Review

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