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Thermal conductivity and latent heat thermal energy storage characteristics of paraffin/expanded graphite composite as phase change material

Ahmet Sarı, +1 more
- 01 Jun 2007 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 8, pp 1271-1277
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In this paper, the authors determined the proper amount of paraffin ( n -docosane) absorbed into expanded graphite (EG) to obtain form-stable composite as phase change material (PCM), examination of the influence of EG addition on the thermal conductivity using transient hot-wire method and investigation of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) characteristics of Paraffin such as melting time, melting temperature and latent heat capacity using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique.
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This article is published in Applied Thermal Engineering.The article was published on 2007-06-01. It has received 793 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Liquid paraffin & Phase-change material.

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