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ArticlePolymers2020

Thermally Conductive Polyethylene/Expanded Graphite Composites as Heat Transfer Surface: Mechanical, Thermo-Physical and Surface Behavior.

Patrik Sobolčiak, Asma Abdulgader, Miroslav Mrlik, Anton Popelka, Ahmed A Abdala, Abdelnasser A Aboukhlewa, Mustapha Karkri, Hendrik Kiepfer, Hans-Jörg Bart, Igor Krupa

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Patrik SobolčiakCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.
Asma AbdulgaderCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.
Miroslav MrlikCentre of Polymer Systems, University Institute, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Trida T. Bati 5678, 76001 Zlin, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6203-6795
Anton PopelkaCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.
Ahmed A AbdalaChemical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874 Doha, Qatar.
Abdelnasser A AboukhlewaQatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, HBKU, P.O. Box 5825 Doha, Qatar.
Mustapha KarkriCERTES, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, 94000 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7376-0508
Hendrik KiepferChair of Separation Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3049 TU Kaiserslautern, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1552-0386
Hans-Jörg BartChair of Separation Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3049 TU Kaiserslautern, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Igor KrupaCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar.

Funding

Qatar National Research Fund NPRP10-0205-170349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Composites of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and expanded graphite (EG) are prepared for heat exchangers in multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination. At 50 wt.% EG loading, the thermal conductivity of HDPE was increased by 372%. Moreover, the surface wettability of the HDPE/EG composite was enhanced by corona and RF plasma treatment as demonstrated by the increase in surface free energy from 28.5 mJ/m

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expanded graphitehigh density polyethylenemulti-effect distillationplasma treatmentpolymeric compositesscaling

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PMID33265957
PMCPMC7760837

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