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Newell, Ty A. Alvarado, Jorge Luis 2015-09-25T21:12:19Z 2015-09-25T21:12:19Z 10000-01-01 2004 2004 The research consists of a variety of experimental investigations relevant to MPCM. Initial quantitative characterization of MPCM material properties, including latent heat of fusion, melting and freezing points, and temperature- and concentration-dependent viscosity data, are presented. State-of-the-art equipment was used to characterize the MPCM slurry, including a differential scanning calorimeter, a temperature-controlled concentric viscometer, and a well-calibrated heat transfer loop. Results indicate that the use of an effective nucleating agent is necessary to prevent a large amount of supercooling of the phase change material. Other experimental results indicate that MPCM slurry's heat transfer coefficient and apparent specific heat are affected significantly by the phase change process and the slurry mass fraction. The study also examines the impact of the combination of enhanced surface tubing and MPCM slurry under constant heat flux and turbulent conditions. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T21:12:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3160856.pdf: 6879976 bytes, checksum: 7b490fa57925efacb13c9b34d287bf9e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 85102 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 98 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/83821 (MiAaPQ)AAI3160856 eng Engineering, Mechanical Thermal Performance of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry text Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.