Sunlight-Activated Phase Change Materials for Controlled Heat Storage and Triggered Release

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuran Shi ◽  
Mihael Gerkman ◽  
Qianfeng Qiu ◽  
Shuren Zhang ◽  
Grace G. D. Han
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Photon Energy ◽  
Organic Phase ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Triggered Release

We report the design of photo-responsive organic phase change materials that can absorb filtered solar radiation to store both latent heat and photon energy via simultaneous phase transition and photo-isomerization....

Selection of Phase Change Materials for Latent Heat Storage

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Martínez-Gómez ◽  
E. Urresta ◽  
D. Gaona ◽  
G. Guerrón
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Latent Heat Storage ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Selection Of

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo seleccionar un material de cambio de fase (PCM) que cumplen mejor la solución del almacenamiento de energía térmica entre 200-400 ° C y reducir el costo de producción. El uso de métodos multicriterios de toma de decisiones (MCMD) para la evaluación fueron proporcionales implementados como COPRAS-G, TOPSIS y VIKOR. La ponderación de los criterios se realizó por el método AHP (proceso analítico jerárquico) y los métodos de entropía. La correlación de los resultados entre los tres métodos de clasificación ha sido desarrollada por el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman. Los resultados ilustran el mejor y la segundo mejor opción para los tres MCDM fueron NaOH y KNO3. Además, tenía valores de correlación de Spearman entre los métodos excede de 0.714.

scholarly journals A Review of Composite Phase Change Materials Based on Porous Silica Nanomaterials for Latent Heat Storage Applications

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Raul-Augustin Mitran ◽  
Simona Ioniţǎ ◽  
Daniel Lincu ◽  
Daniela Berger ◽  
Cristian Matei
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Porous Silica ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Storage Materials ◽  
Silica Nanomaterials ◽  
Heat Storage Materials

Phase change materials (PCMs) can store thermal energy as latent heat through phase transitions. PCMs using the solid-liquid phase transition offer high 100–300 J g−1 enthalpy at constant temperature. However, pure compounds suffer from leakage, incongruent melting and crystallization, phase separation, and supercooling, which limit their heat storage capacity and reliability during multiple heating-cooling cycles. An appropriate approach to mitigating these drawbacks is the construction of composites as shape-stabilized phase change materials which retain their macroscopic solid shape even at temperatures above the melting point of the active heat storage compound. Shape-stabilized materials can be obtained by PCMs impregnation into porous matrices. Porous silica nanomaterials are promising matrices due to their high porosity and adsorption capacity, chemical and thermal stability and possibility of changing their structure through chemical synthesis. This review offers a first in-depth look at the various methods for obtaining composite PCMs using porous silica nanomaterials, their properties, and applications. The synthesis and properties of porous silica composites are presented based on the main classes of compounds which can act as heat storage materials (paraffins, fatty acids, polymers, small organic molecules, hydrated salts, molten salts and metals). The physico-chemical phenomena arising from the nanoconfinement of phase change materials into the silica pores are discussed from both theoretical and practical standpoints. The lessons learned so far in designing efficient composite PCMs using porous silica matrices are presented, as well as the future perspectives on improving the heat storage materials.

Latent Heat Storage: Container Geometry, Enhancement Techniques, and Applications—A Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Arunachalam
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity

Energy storage helps in waste management, environmental protection, saving of fossil fuels, cost effectiveness, and sustainable growth. Phase change material (PCM) is a substance which undergoes simultaneous melting and solidification at certain temperature and pressure and can thereby absorb and release thermal energy. Phase change materials are also called thermal batteries which have the ability to store large amount of heat at fixed temperature. Effective integration of the latent heat thermal energy storage system with solar thermal collectors depends on heat storage materials and heat exchangers. The practical limitation of the latent heat thermal energy system for successful implementation in various applications is mainly from its low thermal conductivity. Low thermal conductivity leads to low heat transfer coefficient, and thereby, the phase change process is prolonged which signifies the requirement of heat transfer enhancement techniques. Typically, for salt hydrates and organic PCMs, the thermal conductivity range varies between 0.4–0.7 W/m K and 0.15–0.3 W/m K which increases the thermal resistance within phase change materials during operation, seriously affecting efficiency and thermal response. This paper reviews the different geometry of commercial heat exchangers that can be used to address the problem of low thermal conductivity, like use of fins, additives with high thermal conductivity materials like metal strips, microencapsulated PCM, composite PCM, porous metals, porous metal foam matrix, carbon nanofibers and nanotubes, etc. Finally, different solar thermal applications and potential PCMs for low-temperature thermal energy storage were also discussed.

Latent heat storage through phase change materials

Resonance ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 532-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akanksha Mishra ◽  
A. Shukla ◽  
Atul Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Latent Heat Storage
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