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Some observations on a paraffin-wax phase change experiment

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5493552
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Some melting and freezing experiments with N-Octadencane paraffin wax are described. Their results are analyzed using a variety of mathematical techniques for conduction phase-change problems. It is concluded that the thermal conductivity of the solid wax used in the tests should be about 3.5 times the literature value.
Research Organization:
Kalamazoo Coll., MI (USA). Dept. of Chemistry; Union Carbide Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Nuclear Div.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI ID:
5493552
Report Number(s):
CONF-791108-24
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
250600* -- Energy Storage-- Thermal
ALKANES
DATA
DATA FORMS
ENERGY STORAGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FREEZING
GRAPHS
HEAT STORAGE
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
LATENT HEAT STORAGE
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MELTING
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARAFFIN
PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STORAGE
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
WAXES