A review on encapsulation techniques for inorganic phase change materials and the influence on their thermophysical properties

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 983-999

  Milián, Yanio E ^a   Gutiérrez, Andrea ^a   Grágeda, Mario ^a,b   Ushak, Svetlana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b Centro de Energía   (Chile)

Author keywords

Core shell PCM; Inorganic PCM, encapsulating methods; Shape stabilized PCM; Thermophysical properties

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CORE SHELL; CORE-SHELL PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; ENCAPSULATION METHODS; INORGANIC PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, ENCAPSULATING METHOD; INORGANIC PHASIS; INORGANICS; SHAPE STABILIZED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; SHAPE-STABILIZED PCM; SHELL PHASIS; SUBCOOLINGS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 85012123728     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.159     Document Type: Review

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