02-Dec-2014
Increased thermal conductivity allows for a faster rate of heat transfer in phase change material, reducing the time required for the PCM to undergo a complete charge or discharge.
By Aymara Albur..
Why thermal conductivity matters01-Mar-2016
Chilled water thermal energy storage systems should be as simple as possible. The success of a project depends on documenting and continually evaluating the owner’s project requirements. Key bas..
Commissioning chilled water TES systems04-May-2015
A thermal cycling study is designed to determine the cycling stability of a phase change material. During the study, a PCM goes through 10,000 or more cycles as quickly as possible to see if any therm..
Thermal cycling 10106-Feb-2015
Proper sample preparation is critical to obtaining accurate DSC (/stories/dsc) measurements. Here is Entropy Solution’s standard procedure for preparing samples.
Tare the scale.
Plac..
DSC sample preparation14-Jan-2015
Biobased PureTemp belongs to the only category of phase change materials that are considered to be readily biodegradable. PureTemp PCMs will fully decompose within months of being introduced into a la..
Biodegradability of phase change materials02-Dec-2014
Phase change materials must be contained in one form or another to be of any repeatable and beneficial use as temperature regulators. In certain applications, such as textiles, microencapsulated phase..
Microencapsulation of phase change materials01-Dec-2014