Cold storage condensation heat recovery system with a novel composite phase change material [PDF]
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Using condensation heat from cold storage refrigeration systems to provide heat for domestic hot water preparation and industrial hot water supply promotes energy conservation.
Cao, Xiaoling +4 more
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Signature of deconfinement with spin down compression in cooling hybrid stars [PDF]
The thermal evolution of neutron stars is coupled to their spin down and the resulting changes in structure and chemical composition. This coupling correlates stellar surface temperatures with rotational state as well as time.
Aguilera +27 more
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In this paper, the phase change temperature, latent heat and thermal stability of the capric acid–stearic acid binary system and 48# paraffin–liquid paraffin binary system were experimentally studied. The experimental results showed that the phase change
Yan Quanying, He Wanyu, Wang Xiao
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Melting of PCM in a thermal energy storage unit: Numerical investigation and effect of nanoparticle enhancement [PDF]
The present paper describes the analysis of the melting process in a single vertical shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES), unit and it is directed at understanding the thermal performance of the system.
Adine +33 more
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Simultaneous determination of two unknown thermal coefficients through a mushy zone model with an overspecified convective boundary condition [PDF]
The simultaneous determination of two unknown thermal coefficients for a semi-infinite material under a phase-change process with a mushy zone according to the Solomon-Wilson-Alexiades model is considered.
Ceretani, Andrea N., Tarzia, Domingo A.
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A three-dimensional model is presented for the prediction of solidification behavior using a nonlinear transformation of the enthalpy equation in a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) discretization.
Bussmann, Markus +2 more
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Optically-controlled long-term storage and release of thermal energy in phase-change materials [PDF]
Thermal energy storage offers enormous potential for a wide range of energy technologies. Phase-change materials offer state-of-the-art thermal storage due to high latent heat.
Grossman, Jeffrey C. +2 more
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The thermal storage performance of mixtures consisting of liquid paraffin and fatty acids
The thermal storage performance of binary mixtures consisting of fatty acids and liquid paraffin (LP) was studied experimentally. The study is to look for the material with suitable phase transition temperature and high phase change latent heat.
Quanying Yan, Xiangyu Sun
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Influence of Phase Change Phenomena on the Performance of a Desiccant Dehumidification System
Demands of standalone dehumidification systems have been increasing in order to realize energy savings in air-conditioning processes. In a desiccant dehumidification system, the water vapor from the moist air undergoes a phase change phenomenon, this ...
Indri Yaningsih +3 more
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Deuteration effect on tricritical phase transition of triglycine selenate: Calorimetric and dielectric measurements analyzed in the framework of Landau theory [PDF]
The ferroelectric phase transition of three single crystals of TGSe1−x DTGSex has been described by using specific heat, latent heat, and dielectric permittivity measurements.
Cerro González, Jaime del +3 more
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