Research roundup: Passive cooling in buildings; honeycomb carbon fibers; leak-free aggregates; more
Ben Welter - Monday, October 14, 2019
• Passive cooling through phase change materials in buildings. A critical study of implementation alternatives
From Applied Thermal Engineering:
• Honeycomb carbon fibers strengthened composite phase change materials for superior thermal energy storage
From e-Polymers:
• Fabrication and characterization of conductive microcapsule containing phase change material
From Construction and Building Materials:
• Preparation and characterization of nano-SiO2/paraffin/PE wax composite shell microcapsules containing TDI for self-healing of cementitious materials
• Development of leak-free phase change material aggregates
• Behavior of cementitious mortars with direct incorporation of non-encapsulated phase change material after severe temperature exposure
From Advanced Functional Materials:
• Engineering the Thermal Conductivity of Functional Phase‐Change Materials for Heat Energy Conversion, Storage, and Utilization
From Journal of Energy Storage:
• A numerical investigation of the effects of metal foam characteristics and heating/cooling conditions on the phase change kinetic of phase change materials embedded in metal foam
• Applications of combined/hybrid use of heat pipe and phase change materials in energy storage and cooling systems: A recent review
• Innovative composite sorbent for thermal energy storage based on a SrBr2·6H2O filled silicone composite foam
From ACS Applied Nano Materials:
• Concentrated Ag Nanoparticles in Dodecane as Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage
From Materials Research Express:
• Preparation of 1-dodecanol microcapsules with cellulose nanofibers-modified melamine-formaldehyde resin as a potential phase change material
From IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science:
• Optimisation of Parameters in Thermal Energy Storage System by Enhancing Heat Transfer in Phase Change Material
From International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer:
• Thermal transport properties at interface of fatty acid esters enhanced with carbon-based nanoadditives
From Journal of Solar Energy Engineering:
• Using a Novel Phase Change Material-Based Cooling Tower for a Photovoltaic Module Cooling
From Solar Energy:
• Experimental investigation on micro-scale phase change material based on sodium acetate trihydrate for thermal storage
From RSC Advances:
• A novel forced separation method for the preparation of paraffin with excellent phase changes
From Energy Conversion and Management:
• Experimental characterisation of a novel thermal energy storage based on open-cell copper foams immersed in organic phase change material