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Cold storage using latent heat

Author: Jean-Pierre DUMAS

Publication date: July 10, 2002, Review date: November 3, 2015

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4. Phenomenological aspects of liquid-solid transformations

In this section, we will review the various laws governing liquid-solid transformations.

4.1 Phase equilibrium

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4.1.1 Variance and phase rule

  • Remember that a component, whether pure or not, can be in one of three phases, depending on the conditions of temperature, pressure or concentration:

    • the vapor or gas phase (the component is gaseous). It is a pure gas or a mixture;

    • the liquid phase:...

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