Encapsulated Nitrates Phase Change Material Selection for Use as Thermal Storage and Heat Transfer Materials at High Temperature in Concentrated Solar Power Plants

In the present paper, the finite element method is used to perform an exhaustive analysis of the thermal behavior of encapsulated phase change materials (EPCMs), which includes an assessment of several materials in order to identify the best combination of PCM and shell material in terms of thermal...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Cáceres, Karina Fullenkamp, Macarena Montané, Krzysztof Naplocha, Anna Dmitruk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
CSP
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/9/1318