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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DU FROID
Volume 33, Issue 8, Pages 1612-1624Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.09.002
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Cold storage; Two-phase coolant; Phase-change material; Paraffin-water emulsion; Calorimetry
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Compared with conventional single-phase heat transfer fluids such as chilled water for air conditioning applications, the apparent specific heat of phase change emulsions in the phase change temperature range is greatly increased, thus offering attractive opportunities for heat transfer enhancement as well as thermal energy transportation and storage. Milky white oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions have been formed in the system water/Tween60 + Span60/tetradecane by using several emulsification routes among the low-energy emulsification methods (e.g., phase inversion temperature method). The best emulsification routes for good stability of the resulting emulsions have been determined. Thermal analyses indicated promising properties of phase change nanoemulsions for thermal storage and transport applications. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.
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