Photovoltaic Cooling Utilizing Phase Change Materials

Off - Peak Cooling Using Phase Change Material

The electric utilities in the United States are faced with continued rapid growth in electrical demand. The traditional response to growth in demand has been the expansion of generating capacity. However , economic, environmental, and scheduling constraints will combine to make adequate expansion difficult, if not impossible, in the 1980's. This thesis examines load management as an alternative...

Tunable hyperbolic metamaterials utilizing phase change heterostructures

Tunable hyperbolic metamaterials utilizing phase change heterostructures" (2014).

Nano-Encapsulated Smart Tunable Phase Change Materials

Thermal Transport in Phase Change Memory Materials

Phase change memory uses brief pulses of electrical current to induce phase transitions in chalcogenide material regions with dimensions near or even far below 50 nm. The strongly differing electrical conductivities of the crystalline and amorphous phases allow data storage at densities in excess of terabits per square inch. Nanoscale conduction heat transfer governs the figures of merit in the...

Thermal Management Using “ Dry ” Phase Change Materials

The thermal response characteristic of a hybrid cooler that is charged with a “dry” solid-solid phase change compound is evaluated. A mathematical model that simulates the performance of a cooler/heat storage unit is formulated. A prototype heat sink that incorporates heat storage using a “dry” PCM is tested, and used to benchmark the simulation model. Different heating and cooling strategies a...