168557 20260211123807.0 doi 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.10.050 sideral 76108 ART-2012-76108 eng Delgado, M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8015-4469 Experimental analysis of a microencapsulated PCM slurry as thermal storage system and as heat transfer fluid in laminar flow 2012 microencapsulated PCM (Phase Change Material) slurry is a dispersion where the PCM, microencapsulated by a polymeric capsule, is dispersed in water. Compared to water, these new fluids have a higher heat capacity during the phase change and a possible enhancement, as a result of this phase change, in the heat transfer phenomenon. From the literature review, the existing experimental results are found incomplete and contradictory in many cases. For this reason the objective of this investigation is to analyze the heat transfer phenomenon in mPCM slurries, proposing a new methodology, developed by the authors. In this manner, an experimental analysis using a slurry with a 10% weight concentration of paraffin has been conducted to study it as a thermal storage material and as a heat transfer fluid. The results demonstrated an improvement of approximately 25% on the convective heat transfer coefficient when compared to water. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ENE2008-06687-C02-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 2.127 2012 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL 12 / 125 = 0.096 2012 Q1 T1 THERMODYNAMICS 11 / 55 = 0.2 2012 Q1 T1 MECHANICS 16 / 135 = 0.119 2012 Q1 T1 ENERGY & FUELS 34 / 80 = 0.425 2012 Q2 T2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Lázaro, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7360-4188 Mazo, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7631-8507 Marín J. M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2463-7271 Zalba, B. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6101-580X 5004 590 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. 36, 1 (2012), 370-377 Appl. therm. eng. Applied Thermal Engineering 1359-4311 601111 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168557/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 467779 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/168557/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:168557 articulos driver 2026-02-11-10:27:06 ARTICLE