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Enthalpie de fusion

Publications associées (19)

Multi-configuration evaluation of a megajoule-scale high-temperature latent thermal test-bed

Sophia Haussener, Clemens Gregor Suter, Selmar Rudolf Binder, Nithin Mallya

Thermal energy storage via latent heat provides an energy dense solution and, during discharge, a hot stream at a well-defined temperature. Utilizing metal phase change materials (PCMs) and high-temperature operation might enable fast (dis)charging and app ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Surface modified microfibrillated cellulose‐poly(vinylidene fluoride) composites: β‐phase formation, viscoelastic and dielectric performance

Véronique Michaud, Yves Leterrier, Dragan Damjanovic, Mohammed Arif Poothanari

The effect of silylation of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) surfaces on β‐phase formation in poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) and the resulting viscoelastic and dielectric performance of MFC‐PVDF composites is investigated. Two different organosilanes, ...

2021

Multiphase transport and evaporative cooling in fuel cell gas diffusion layers

Sarah van Rooij

The use of evaporative cooling in the gas diffusion layer (GDL) of polymer electrolyte fuel cells has been proposed as a simple yet impactful solution to simultaneously provide the functionality of cell cooling, thanks to the dissipation of the latent heat ...

EPFL2021

Optimum ratio of hydrophobic to hydrophilic areas of biphilic surfaces in thermal fluid systems involving boiling

Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Tom Larsen

Pool boiling has a high heat removal capability and is considered as one of the most effective cooling methods due to utilization of latent heat of vaporization. Surface wettability plays a key role in boiling heat transfer since it controls the contact li ...

2019

Kinetics of calcium sulfoaluminate with 1% iron oxide by isothermal and isoconversional methods

Xuerun Li

The influence of iron oxide (Fe2O3) on the formation and decomposition kinetics of calcium sulfoaluminate (C(4)A(3)$) formed from tricalcium aluminate and calcium sulfate was investigated by both isothermal and isoconversional methods. Rietveld quantitativ ...

Ice Publishing2017

Key Energy and Technological Aspects of Three Innovative Concepts of District Energy Networks

François Maréchal, Daniel Favrat, Samuel Henchoz, Patrick Chatelan

Energy needs in urban areas are heterogeneous by their nature, spatial distribution and temperature level required. Three concepts of district energy networks that could provide the energy services efficiently to a city centre are compared. The focus is on ...

2016

Towards energy-autonomous cities using CO2 networks and Power to Gas storage

François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu, Araz Ashouri

Under Energy Strategy 2050, the federal government of Switzerland plans to greatly reduce per capita energy consumption, decrease the share of fossil fuels, and replace the nuclear electricity generation by gains in efficiency and use of renewable energy s ...

2016

Temperature Sensitivity of Nanochannel Electrical Conductance

Philippe Renaud, Arnaud Bertsch, Mojtaba Taghipoor

Electrical measurement is a widely used technique for the characterization of nanofluidic devices. The electrical conductivity of electrolytes is known to be dependent on temperature. However, the similarity of the temperature sensitivity of the electrical ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Key energy and technological aspects of three innovative concepts of District energy networks

François Maréchal, Daniel Favrat, Samuel Henchoz, Patrick Chatelan

In urban areas, the use of thermal energy services is intensive and relatively heterogeneous by their nature, spatial distribution and temperature level required. In this study three concepts of district energy networks that could provide these services ve ...

2015

Nanocalorimetric platform for accurate thermochemical studies in microliter volumes

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Thomas Lehnert, Raphaël Etienne Jean Trouillon, Rima Padovani

A straightforward and general way for monitoring chemical reactions is via their thermal signature. Such approach requires however an experimental setup with a high thermal stability that simultaneously allows time-resolved heat detection with high sensiti ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Two-phase Evaporators and Condensers in the context of a CO2 Based District Energy Network

François Maréchal, Daniel Favrat, Samuel Henchoz

A new type of district energy network has recently been proposed that is based on the use of CO2 as a heat transfer fluid. It uses the latent heat of vaporization, instead of sensible heat, to store and transfer heat. Previous studies have focused on demon ...

2013

Performance and Profitability Perspectives of a CO2 based District Energy Network in Geneva’s City Center

Daniel Favrat, Samuel Henchoz, Céline Weber

A new type of district energy network capable of providing simultaneously heating and cooling is being investigated. It is based on the use of CO2 as a heat transfer fluid by taking advantage of the latent heat of vaporization, to store and transfer heat a ...

2012

Tetraalkylammonium Salts of Weakly Coordinating Aluminates: Ionic Liquids, Materials for Electrochemical Applications and Useful Compounds for Anion Investigation

Michael Graetzel, Mingkui Wang, Ines Raabe

In this study, we investigated the tetraalkylammonium salts of the weakly coordinating fluorinated alkoxyaluminates pftb (Al(O(C(CF3)(3))(4)) hfip (Al(OC(H)-(CF3)(2))(4)) and hftb (Al(OC(CH3)(-) (CF3)(2))(4)) in order to obtai ...

2009

Solidification microstructures and solid-state parallels: Recent developments, future directions

Michel Rappaz, Wilfried Kurz

Rapid advances in atomistic and phase-field modeling techniques as well as new experiments have led to major progress in solidification science during the first years of this century. Here we review the most important findings in this technologically impor ...

Elsevier2009

Density profile peaking in JET H-mode plasmas: experiments versus linear gyrokinetic predictions

Henri Weisen, Mikhail Maslov

As an independent complement to previous studies (Weisen et al 2005 Nucl. Fusion 45 L1-4, Weisen et al 2006 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 48 A457-66, Angioni et al 2007 Nucl. Fusion 47 1326-35), density peaking in the JET tokamak was investigated on the dat ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2009

Application of single pan thermal analysis to Cu-Sn peritectic alloys

Michel Rappaz, Thomas Campanella

Single pan thermal analyses (SPTA) have been performed on Cu-14.5 wt.% Sn, Cu-21.3 wt.% Sri and Cu-26.8 wt.% Sit peritectic alloys. For this purpose, a SPTA assembly has been built and calibrated. As the latent heat is a function of temperature and composi ...

Elsevier2008

Application of single pan thermal analysis to Cu-Sn peritectic alloys

Michel Rappaz, Thomas Campanella

Single pan thermal analyses (SPTA) have been performed on Cu–14.5 wt.% Sn, Cu–21.3 wt.% Sn and Cu–26.8 wt.% Sn peritectic alloys. For this purpose, a SPTA assembly has been built and calibrated. As the latent heat is a function of temperature and compositi ...

Elsevier2008

Thermochemical properties from ab initio calculations: pi- and sigma-free radicals of importance in soot formation: (C3H3)-C-center dot (propargyl), (C4H3)-C-center dot, (C13H9)-C-center dot (phenalenyl), (C6H5)-C-center dot (phenyl), (C10H7)-C-center dot (naphthyl), (C14H9)-C-center dot (anthryl), (C14H9)-C-center dot (phenanthryl), (C16H9)-C-center dot (pyrenyl), (C12H7)-C-center dot (acenaphthyl), and (C12H9)-C-center dot (biphenylyl)

Michel Rossi

The calculated difference in the standard heat of formation Delta Delta H-f degrees(298.15) of n- and i-C4H3 center dot free radicals is 37.9 kJ mol(-1) for G3MP2B3 and 45.0 kJ mol(-1) for CCSD(T)-CBS (W 1 U) calculations, which seems to preclude the direc ...

2008

A Granular Model of Equiaxed Mushy Zones: Formation of a Coherent Solid and Localization of Feeding

Michel Rappaz, Stéphane Vernède

The gradual transformation of a mushy zone during alloy solidification, from a continuous liquid film network to a fully coherent solid, has been simulated using a granular model. Based on a Voronoi tessellation of a random set of nucleation centers, solid ...

2006