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Latent heat
About: Latent heat is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13503 publications have been published within this topic receiving 302811 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an insight on the development and thermo-physical properties of eutectic (binary and ternary) EO-PCMs as well as their composites as nanoenhanced and form stable phase change materials (FSPCMs).
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the question of whether remotely sensed latent heat flux estimates over a catchment can be used to improve distributed hydrological model water balance computations by the process of data assimilation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental study of a PCM tank for cold storage applications was conducted and the effectiveness of the PCM storage system was defined as that of a heat exchanger, which was experimentally determined to only be a function of the ratio m ˙ /A.
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TL;DR: In this article, the phase-change temperature and latent heat capacity of a paraffin wax (PW) matrix without any surfactant were measured using the differential scanning calorimetric instrument and the transient short hot-wire method.
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TL;DR: In this article, a newly available consolidated data set from the U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Weather Central in Monterey, California, is utilized to investigate global energy fluxes at the sea-air interface.
Abstract: A newly available consolidated data set from the U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Weather Central in Monterey, California, is utilized to investigate global energy fluxes at the sea-air interface. Sea surface temperature data from January 1949 to December 1979 were extracted from the data set along with air temperature, sea level pressure, dew point temperature, wind speed, wind direction, and cloud cover. Five degree latitude by five degree longitude spatial averaging and monthly temporal averaging were applied to the parameters in the data set for the purpose of studying long-term large-scale fluctuations. The heat balance of the global ocean surface layer is calculated using bulk flux formulations. Maps of the long-term monthly and annual means of the net surface energy flux together with the four components of the total flux (latent heat flux, sensible heat flux, incoming radiation, and outgoing radiation) for the global oceans are presented. Incoming solar radiation and latent heat flux are the two dominant components that control net surface energy fluxes. Wind speed, cloud cover, and the gradient of specific humidity are the three most important meteorological parameters in determining surface flux. Errors associated with the bulk formula calculations and the significant features of the energy balance at the ocean surface are discussed.
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