Table 1.

Summary of literature values for the investigated PCMs.

Property	Erythritol	Source	Xylitol	Source	MCHH	Source
${\vartheta }_m$ in ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$	117–120	[5,7,9,10,28,29]	92–94	[5,7,19,28,29,30]	110.8–117.5	[5,20,21,24,25,26]
$h_m$ in $\mathrm{J}/\mathrm{g}$	315–379.57	[5,7,9,10,12,28,29]	232–280	[5,7,19,28,29,30]	133.9–200	[5,12,20,21,24,25,26]
$c_{p,s}$ in $\mathrm{J}/(\mathrm{g}\mathrm{K})$	1.38 (20 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[31]	1.33	[30]	2.25 (100 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[20]
					2.1 (25 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[32]
$c_{p,l}$ in $\mathrm{J}/(\mathrm{g}\mathrm{K})$	2.76 (140 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[31]	2.36	[30]	2.61 (120 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[20]
${\lambda }_s$ in $\mathrm{W}/\left(\mathrm{m}\mathrm{K}\right)$	0.733 (20 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5]	-	-	0.704 (110 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5,20]
${\lambda }_l$ in $\mathrm{W}/\left(\mathrm{m}\mathrm{K}\right)$	0.326 (140 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5]	-	-	0.570 (120 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5,20]
${\varrho }_s$ in $\mathrm{g}/{\mathrm{cm}}^3$	1.480 (20 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5]	1.500 (20 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5]	1.569 (20 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5,20]
${\varrho }_l$ in $\mathrm{g}/{\mathrm{cm}}^3$	1.300 (140 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5]	-	-	1.450 (120 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[5,20]
					1.422 (128 ${}^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$)	[32]