• openAccess   Numerical analysis of mechanical reliability of multi-coated phase change materials 

      Forner Escrig, Josep; Navarrete Argilés, Nuria; Palma Guerrero, Roberto; La Zara, Damiano; Valdesueiro, David; van Ommen, J. Ruud; Hernandez, Leonor; Mondragon, Rosa EDP Sciences (2021)
      Nanoencapsulated phase change materials (nePCMs) are nowadays under research for thermal energy storage purposes. NePCMs are composed of a phase change core surrounded by a shell that confines the core when molten. One of ...
    • openAccess   Round robin test on the measurement of the specific heat of solar salt 

      Muñoz Sánchez, Belén; Nieto Maestre, Javier; González-Aguilar, José; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Navarrete Argilés, Nuria; Faik, Abdessamad; Bauer, Thomas; Bonk, Alexander; Navarro, María Elena; Ding, Yulong; Uranga, Nerea; Veca, Elisabetta; Sau, Salvatore; Giménez, Pau; García, Pierre; Burgaleta, Juan Ignacio AIP (2017)
      Solar salt (SS), a well-known non-eutectic mixture of sodium nitrate (60% w/w) and potassium nitrate (40% w/w), is commonly used either as Thermal Energy Storage (TES) material (double tank technology) or Heat Transfer ...