PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS BASED ON POLYETHYLENE, PARAFFIN WAX AND WOOD FLOUR

Phase change material (PCM) composites based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with soft (M3) and hard (H1) Fischer-Tropsch paraffin waxes and alkali-treated wood flour (WF) were investigated in this study. Both the blends and composites were prepared using a meltmixing method with a Brabender-Pla...

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Main Author: Mngomezulu, Mfiso Emmanuel
Other Authors: Dr I Krupa
Format: Others
Language:en-uk
Published: University of the Free State 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-07232013-102946/restricted/