Synthesis and characterization of microencapsulated myristic acid–palmitic acid eutectic mixture as phase change material for thermal energy storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 203, Issue , 2017, Pages 677-685

  Alva, Guruprasad ^a   Huang, Xiang ^a   Liu, Lingkun ^a   Fang, Guiyin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM); Microencapsulation; Myristic acid palmitic acid eutectic (MA PA) mixture; Phase change material (PCM); Thermal energy storage (TES); Thermal storage capacity

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY STORAGE; EUTECTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SILICA; SOLS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; EUTECTIC MIXTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; MYRISTIC ACID; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THERMAL STORAGE;

PALMITIC ACID;

ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FATTY ACID; INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SILICA; STORAGE;

EID: 85021444588     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.082     Document Type: Article

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