Fabrication and properties of micro-nanoencapsulated phase change materials for internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidification

Nanomaterials

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Niu, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Qing ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Zhang, Yue ^a   Yan, Yufeng ^a   Liu, Tao ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound emulsifiers; Liquid desiccant; Micro nanoencapsulated n octadecane; Microstructure; Phase change properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019156025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano7050096     Document Type: Article

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