Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8121960 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2013 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reviews the previous work on phase change cold storage for air-conditioning systems focusing on two aspects including phase change materials (PCMs) and applications. Besides the studies on phase change cold storage devices, the typical air-conditioning systems with cold storage are also reviewed, namely the solar air-conditioning system with cold storage, latent cooling storage and transport system and mixed cold storage air-conditioning system. Moreover, the problems with respect to compatibility, heat transfer enhancement, phase change properties of composite PCMs, etc., are discussed for further investigation.
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Authors
X.Q. Zhai, X.L. Wang, T. Wang, R.Z. Wang,