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A manufacturing technology to produce very small encapsulated phase-change materials has been developed (47). These encapsulated phase-change materials were appHed in a convective heat-transfer test section, and a 50—100% higher heat-transfer coefficient was reported. 

Fig. 17. Heat-transfer coefficient comparisons for the same volumetric flow rates for (A) water, 6.29 kW, and a phase-change-material slurry (O), 10% mixture, 12.30 kW and ( ), 10% mixture, 6.21 kW. The Reynolds number was 13,225 to 17,493 for the case of water.

D. P. Colvin, J. C. Mulligan, and Y. G. Bryant, Enhanced heat transfer in environmental systems using microencapsulatedphase change materials, 22nd International Conference on Environmental Systems, 1992. U.S. Pat. 4,807,696, D. P. Colvin and J. C. Mulligan (1989). 

Increase breakdown voltage of wall by increasing thickness and/or changing material of construction. 

Consider whether there is some process method to protect source/environ-ment. In that case, return to process description. For example, if thermal insulation is needed to reduce loads, consider what influence that has on the process itself (Insulation may, e.g., lead to a need to change material of equipment). 

It would be possible to recalculate this by choosing a new value for Zj and calculating a new E, for this condition, but the results will not change materially. By inspection, neither horsepower, rod load, nor discharge temperature will limit this suction pressure. 

Throughout we have considered only the portion of the mole refraction produced in the outermost shell. In the case of xenon one finds by our methods that as much as 4 per cent, of the total mole refraction is due to the N shell accordingly our values of SK for the 0 electrons would be decreased by about 0-1 on making this correction. The values of R for ions would in most cases not be changed materially by the explicit consideration of the polarisation of inner shells, and so the less complicated treatment of this paper has been adopted. 

We live in a complex, rapidly changing, material world, major aspects of which require an understanding of the ideas of chemistiy. Education for scientific literacy in respect of the public - people of all ages - is now widely seen as a general goal for science education, whether pursued formally or informally. It seems appropriate to talk about chemical literacy - the contribution that chemistry can make to scientific literacy - and to amend the hitherto general discussions to focus on this particular aspect (Laugksch, 2000 Roberts, 2007). 

HEAT STORAGE BY PHASE CHANGING MATERIALS AND THERMOECONOMICS... 

Adebiyi, G. A., 1991, A second law study on packed-bed energy storage systems utilizing phase change materials, ASME J. Solar Energy Eng. 113 146—156. 

Go, Z., Liu, H., and Li, Y., 2004, Thermal energy recovery of air conditioning system—heat recovery system calculation and phase change materials development, Applied Thermal Eng. 24 2511—2526... 

Setterwall, R, 2002. Advanced Thermal Energy Storage through Applications of Phase Change Materials and Chemical Reactions Feasibility Studies and Demonstration Projects, International Energy Agency (IEA), Annex 17. 

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS AND THEIR BASIC PROPERTIES... 

Abstract. This section is an introduction into materials that can be used as Phase Change Materials (PCM) for heat and cold storage and their basic properties. At the beginning, the basic thermodynamics of the use of PCM and general physical and technical requirements on perspective materials are presented. Following that, the most important classes of materials that have been investigated and typical examples of materials to be used as PCM are discussed. These materials usually do not fulfill all requirements. Therefore, solution strategies and ways to improve certain material properties have been developed. The section closes with an up to date market review of commercial PCM, PCM composites and encapsulation methods. 

Physical, Technical and Economical Requirements on Phase Change Materials... 

Zalba B., J.M. Mann, L.F. Cabeza, and H. Mehling, 2003. Review on thermal energy storage with phase change Materials, heat transfer analysis and apphcations, Appl. Thermal Eng., 23, 251-283. 

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