Characterization and Thermal Properties of the Microencapsulated PCM Slurry

2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 940-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Lai Zhang ◽  
Zhong Hao Rao ◽  
Shuang Feng Wang ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Li Jun Li ◽  
...  

The microencapsulated phase change material (PCM) slurry is a kind of mixture with the PCM microcapsule particles and water. The actual PCM in the microcapsule is composed of several kinds of paraffin waxes (mainly nonadecane), and the membrane is a type of melamine resin. This study is focused on preparation, characterization, and thermal properties of the microencapsulated (PCM) slurry. The microencapsulated PCM particles are prepared by in-situ polymerization method. Four different levels of mass concentration Cm of the PCM will be used such as Cm=10%, 20%, 30% and 40%, respectively. The diameter of the particles is distributed in the range of 0µm~4.5µm, and most (61%) of them occur in the range of 0.5µm~1.5µm. The average volumetric diameter of the PCM microcapsule particle is about 0.78µm. And the average membrane thickness is about 11nm.Thermal properties of the microencapsulated PCM slurry are determined using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). From DSC analysis, the melting and freezing temperatures and the latent heats of Cm=30% are measured as 38°C and 25°C, and 37.9 kJ/kg, respectively. The rheological properties are measured by a rotating cylinder type of rheometer, which the slurry shows the pseudo plastic non-Newtonian fluid behavior with the power-law fluid index n.

2014 ◽  
Vol 1015 ◽  
pp. 381-384
Author(s):  
Li Liu ◽  
Li Hai Cai ◽  
Dan Liu ◽  
Jun Xu ◽  
Bao Hua Guo

The poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) and 3 wt% attapulgite (ATP) reinforced PBS/ATP nanocomposites with 1,6-hexanediol were fabricated using an in situ polymerization method. The crystallization behaviors indicated that ATP had effectively acted as nucleating agent, resulting in the enhancement on the crystallization temperature. The SEM results showed a superior interfacial linkage between ATP and PBS. Also, ATP could disperse as a single fiber and embed in the polymer matrix, which resulted in the improved mechanical properties.


2019 ◽  
Vol 361 ◽  
pp. 897-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingchun Lv ◽  
Peiwen Zhou ◽  
Linping Zhang ◽  
Yi Zhong ◽  
Xiaofeng Sui ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 188-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaria Cherifi ◽  
Bouhadjar Boukoussa ◽  
Aniss Zaoui ◽  
Mohammed Belbachir ◽  
Rachid Meghabar

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yidong Liu ◽  
Lingfeng Jian ◽  
Tianhua Xiao ◽  
Rongtao Liu ◽  
Shun Yi ◽  
...  

CO2 has been regarded as one of the most promising blowing agents for polystyrene (PS) foam due to its non-flammability, low price, nontoxicity, and eco-friendliness. However, the low solubility and fast diffusivity of CO2 in PS hinder its potential applications. In this study, an attapulgite (ATP)/polypyrrole (PPy) nanocomposite was developed using the in situ polymerization method to generate the hierarchical cell texture for the PS foam based on the supercritical CO2 foaming. The results demonstrated that the nanocomposite could act as an efficient CO2 capturer enabling the random release of it during the foaming process. In contrast to the pure PS foam, the ATP/PPy nanocomposite reinforced PS foam is endowed with high cell density (up to 1.9 × 106) and similar thermal conductivity as the neat PS foam, as well as high compression modulus. Therefore, the in situ polymerized ATP/PPy nanocomposite makes supercritical CO2 foaming desired candidate to replace the widely used fluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons as PS blowing agents.


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