Phase change material (PCM) based energy storage materials and global application examples

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ure
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Storage Materials ◽  
Change Material

Analysis of Phase Change Energy Storage Material Selected Based on Rural Kang Body

2014 ◽  
Vol 521 ◽  
pp. 699-702
Author(s):  
Hui Xing Li ◽  
Hong Yu Ding ◽  
Guo Hui Feng ◽  
Xiao Xu Cai
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Storage Materials ◽  
Change Material

Improving rural living thermal environment and rural residential energy-saving effect has becomes a hot society issue. As to two main problems of rural kang which are poor regenerative performance and surface temperature uneven,combined with the characteristics of phase change energy storage technologies,phase change energy storage technology was used in kang body. Grasping the properties and characteristics of different types of energy storage materials,according to the requirement of the human body comfort temperature of the kang surface,selecting phase transition temperature of the phase change energy storage materials which should be put forward kang surface comfort temperature between 24 ~ 35°Cphase change heat storage is particularly important. Through the phase change material selection, get three types of phase change thermal storage materials which are suitable for rural kang, which provides analysis method and basic reference for the selection of the phase change material to kang body, enhanced the heat storage capacity of kang,protected kang surface temperature uniformity and improved the energy-saving efficiency of housing in rural areas.

scholarly journals Enhancement of heat transfer in phase change material using graphite-paraffin composites

2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
R Sathiyaraj. ◽  
R Rakesh. ◽  
N Mithran. ◽  
M Venkatesan.
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Graphite Powder ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Melting Period ◽  
Change Material

Phase change materials (PCMs) are energy storage materials which can be used for maintaining a controlled thermal environment for various applications in earth and space. PCMs are used in advanced technologies in aerospace cooling applications like heat exchangers and heat pipes for re-entry vehicles and spacecraft. Paraffin is a phase change material (PCM) commonly used for energy storage-related applications. Paraffin wax exhibits slow thermal response due to low thermal conductivity value (~0.2 W/m K for most paraffin waxes). In the present work, an attempt is made to fabricate a composite PCM using graphite powder. Such a composite material has enhanced thermal conductivity along with reduced melting period which are desirable properties of a PCM during solid to liquid phase change process. The reduction in melting period is indicated by the difference in change in temperature measured by the thermocouples during a specified time. The temperature variation and solid-liquid interface formation during the melting process are experimentally studied. The results showed that composite graphite powder with paraffin can improve the total phase transition time.

Study on Binary Fatty Acids/ Sepiolite Composite Phase Change Material

2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hong Deng ◽  
Wen Biao Li ◽  
Da Hua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Binary Phase ◽  
Good Energy ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Composite Energy ◽  
Change Material

Lauric acid/stearic acid as the binary phase change materials, modified sepiolite as the inorganic carrier, organic/inorganic composite energy storage materials was prepared by melting adsorption.Comprehensive experiment results show that binary phase change material is lower than single one at initial phase change temperature and phase change peak temperature, and it has good energy storage results, the composite material can be used in energy storage and heat recovery system to save energy.

Studies on Preparation and Properties of PEG/MMT Solid-Solid Phase Change Material

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1712-1715
Author(s):  
Xiao Hua Gu ◽  
Bao Yun Xu ◽  
Jia Liang Zhou ◽  
Shi Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Energy Storage Materials ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Storage Behavior ◽  
Change Material

This paper details the preparation of one kind of PEG/MMT solid-solid phase change materials. With polyethylene glycol (PEG) as the phase change materials, montmorillonite (MMT) as skeletons, through the graft copolymerization method, prepare PEG/MMT solid-solid phase change energy storage materials. The structure, the phase transition behavior and thermal stability of PEG/MMT phase change materials were analyzed and studied by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and studied the influence of different molecular weight PEG on the capability and structure of the material, polymer phase change energy storage behavior and crystallization behavior. Finally, The PEG/MMT solid-solid phase change material could improve enthalpy value and thermal stability.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF A SOLAR GREENHOUSE DRYER WITH A PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL AS AN ENERGY STORAGE MEDIUM

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 509-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orawan Aumporn ◽  
Belkacem Zeghmati ◽  
Xavier Chesneau ◽  
Serm Janjai
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Storage Medium ◽  
Solar Greenhouse ◽  
Change Material

Thermal Energy Storage Through Melting of a Commercial Phase Change Material in an Annulus with Radially Divergent Longitudinal Fins

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonny Tabassum Mainul Hasan ◽  
Latifa Begum
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Melting Time ◽  
Bottom Part ◽  
Change Material

This study reports on the unsteady two-dimensional numerical investigations of melting of a paraffin wax (phase change material, PCM) which melts over a temperature range of 8.7oC. The PCM is placed inside a circular concentric horizontal-finned annulus for the storage of thermal energy. The inner tube is fitted with three radially diverging longitudinal fins strategically placed near the bottom part of the annulus to accelerate the melting process there. The developed CFD code used in Tabassum et al., 2018 is extended to incorporate the presence of fins. The numerical results show that the average Nusselt number over the inner tube surface, the total melt fraction, the total stored energy all increased at every time instant in the finned annulus compared to the annulus without fins. This is due to the fact that in the finned annulus, the fins at the lower part of the annulus promotes buoyancy-driven convection as opposed to the slow conduction melting that prevails at the bottom part of the plain annulus. Fins with two different heights have been considered. It is found that by extending the height of the fin to 50% of the annular gap about 33.05% more energy could be stored compared to the bare annulus at the melting time of 82.37 min for the identical operating conditions. The effects of fins with different heights on the temperature and streamfunction distributions are found to be different. The present study can provide some useful guidelines for achieving a better thermal energy storage system.

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