Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and Stor... - 9781032364384

Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and StorageFundamentals and Applications\nAuthor(s): Hafiz Muhammad Ali\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9781032364384, 978-1032364384\nSynopsis\nPhase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Management and Storage: Fundamentals and Applications provides the latest advances in thermal energy applications of phase change materials (PCMs). It introduces definitions and offers a brief history, and then delves into preparation techniques, thermophysical properties and heat transfer characteristics with mathematical models, performance-affecting factors, and applications and challenges of PCMs.\n\nFeatures\n\nProvides key heat transfer enhancement and thermophysical properties features for a wide range of PCMs.\nPresents detailed parameter selection procedures impacting heat transfer.\nReviews available prediction methods for heat transfer and thermophysical properties of .