Abstract The results of a numerical investigation the melting PCM occupying an axisymmetric volume in presence gravity are presented. is held between two circular supports maintained at different temperatures. process, which analyzed for n-octadecane, affected by combination thermocapillary and natural convection. If heated from above, convective motion driven force opposed buoyant force, reduc...

Phase change materials (PCMs) have great promise in many fields related to energy utilization and thermal management. However, PCMs face challenges large-scale applications due the intrinsic melting leakage, low conductivity poor photothermal conversion. Herein, nanoencapsulated phase (NanoPCMs) were fabricated by RAFT miniemulsion polymerization using quaternized poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl me...

In this study, the amphiphilic salt lithium trifluoromethanesulfonylimide octadecane (C18LiTFSI) was used as a basis to investigate effects of anion density and cation coordination sites within blended electrolytes with strong ionic aggregation. C18LiTFSI previously reported single-component, ion-condensed electrolyte wide layered liquid crystalline phase regime. Three additive molecules varyin...

The methanogenic biodegradation of crude oil involves the conversion of hydrocarbons to methanogenic substrates by syntrophic bacteria and subsequent methane production by methanogens. Assessing the metabolic roles played by various microbial species in syntrophic communities remains a challenge, but such information has important implications for bioremediation and microbial enhanced energy re...