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Table 13.5
(continued)
Warm and humid
Composite
Trivandrum
Chennai
Guwahati
New Delhi
Lucknow
Raipur
Min avg
temp (°C)
24.2
Min avg
temp (°C)
27
Min avg
temp (°C)
23.1
Min avg
temp (°C)
25.5
Min avg
temp (°C)
24.4
Min avg
temp (°C)
25.1
Max avg
temp (°C)
31.3
Max avg
temp (°C)
35.7
Max avg
temp (°C)
31.3
Max avg
temp (°C)
37.3
Max avg
temp (°C)
37.5
Max avg
temp (°C)
38.1
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
PCM
Melting point
(°C)
Vinyl Sterate
27 (Sharma
et al. 2009)
Lauric acid
+
stearic acid
34 (Liu et al.
2012)
4.3% NaCl
+
0.4% KCl
+
48% CaCl2
+
47.3% H
2 O
27 (Sharma
et al. 2009)
n-Eicosane
37 (Saxena
et al. 2018)
Zn(NO
3 )
2
·6H
2 O
36.4 (De
Gracia and
Cabeza 2015)
77% lauric
acid
+ 23%
palmitic acid
33 (Liu et al.
2012)
Paraffin C
18
28 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015; Sharma
et al. 2009)
LiBr
2 .2H
2 O
34 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
LiNO
3 ·3H
2 O
30 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015; Sharma
et al. 2009)
E32
32 (Liu et al.
2012)
62% lauric
acid
+ 38%
myristic acid
32.6 (Liu
et al. 2012)
Capric acid
36 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
CaCl
2 .12H
2 O
29.8 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
Na
2 CO
3
.10H
2 O
33 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
47%
Ca(NO
3 )2
·4H
2 O
+
53%
Mg(NO
3 )
2
·6H
2 O
30 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
Paraffin C
20
36.7 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
Mn(NO
3 )
·6H
2 O
37.1 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
64% lauric
acid
+ 36%
palmitic acid
32.8 (Liu
et al. 2012)
Ga
30 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
62.6% lauric
acid
+ 37.4%
myristic acid
32.6 (Liu
et al. 2012)
LiNO
3 .2H
2 O
30 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
OM32
33 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
Polyglycol E
1000
35–40
(Sharma et al.
2009)
66% lauric
acid
+ 34%
myristic acid
34.2 (Liu
et al. 2012)
Methyl
stearate
29 (Liu et al.
2012)
Ga
+
[Ga-NH
4 ]
29.8 (Mehling
and Cabeza
2008)
62.5%
Trimethyloletane
+ 37%
water
29.8 (Liu
et al. 2012)
FeCl
3 ·6H
2 O
37 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
80% lauric
acid+20%
palmitic acid
32.7 (Liu
et al. 2012)
CaBr
2 ·6H
2 O
34 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
n-Octadecane
28 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
Capric acid
31.5 (De
Gracia and
Cabeza 2015)
RT30
28 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
Na
2 SO
4 ·10H
2 O 32.4 (De
Gracia and
Cabeza 2015)
CaBr
2 ·6H
2 O
34 (De Gracia
and Cabeza
2015)
Na
2 HPO
4
·12H
2 O
35.5 (De
Gracia and
Cabeza 2015)