Phase change material (PCM) are substances capable of absorbing and releasing significant amounts of heat through a narrow temperature range. The material would ideally be applied to structure to conserve energy during peak temperature hours. This project performed tests to evaluate the phase change process temperatures, heat capacities, thermal conductivity, extinction coefficient, and refraction index of solid-solid PCMs. The results were analyzed, and the possible applications were discussed.

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Creator

• Root, Benjamin Slocum

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042816-134215

Advisor

• Tao, Mingjiang
• Van Dessel, Steven

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• Clark University

Date created

• 2016-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright