Heat and cold storage with PCM An up to date introduction into basics and applications

Latent heat storage with phase change materials (PCM) has the potential to improve significantly the efficiency of heat and cold storages and to reduce their size considerably. The book is an introduction into the field for researchers and students. It summarizes and explains the basics, general con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mehling, Harald, Cabeza, Luisa F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Series:Heat and Mass Transfer
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Latent heat storage with phase change materials (PCM) has the potential to improve significantly the efficiency of heat and cold storages and to reduce their size considerably. The book is an introduction into the field for researchers and students. It summarizes and explains the basics, general concepts, and applications with examples in a single text. For a better understanding, many derivations, graphs and tables are included. All aspects from materials analysis and modification, storage design, storage integration, and different application examples are covered. Special focus is on applications in buildings
Physical Description:XVI, 308 p. 136 illus online resource
ISBN:9783540685579