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Thermal Performance Analysis of Phase Change Material Based Thermal Energy Storage

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 29 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2025-0038 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 552 - 561
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2025
Published on: Sep 16, 2025
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
Domestic Hot Water (DHW),
heat exchanger,
latent heat,
Phase Change Material (PCM)
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2025 Saulius Pakalka, Jolanta Donėlienė, Tomas Razvanovičius, published by Riga Technical University
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