Experimental Analysis of Nucleation Triggering in a Thermal Energy Storage Based on Xylitol Used in a Portable Solar Box Cooker

Experimental Analysis of Nucleation Triggering in a Thermal Energy Storage Based on Xylitol Used in a Portable Solar Box Cooker

Sugar alcohols have interesting thermodynamic properties that make them good options as heat storage materials (HSMs) to be used in solar cookers. Among sugar alcohols, xylitol is affected by severe supercooling that can significantly alter its usefulness in thermal energy storage (TES) systems. To...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Coccia, Alessia Aquilanti, Sebastiano Tomassetti, Pio Francesco Muciaccia, Giovanni Di Nicola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
sugar alcohol
supercooling
nucleation triggering
heating phase
cooling phase
thermal energy storage
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5981

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