Review on Phase Change Material Slurries

Phase change materials (PCM) have recently received considerable attention in the field of thermal energy storage, due to their intrinsic properties. Phase change material slurry is a novel medium of heat storage and transfer, its apparent specific heat and heat transfer capacity is better than water.PCM slurries are being investigated for active thermal energy storage or as alternatives to conventional single phase fluids because they are pumpable and have advanced heat transport performance with phase change. This review mainly presents the information on PCM emulsions and microencapsulated PCM slurries (mPCM slurries).

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Dissipative particle dynamics study of nano-encapsulated thermal energy storage phase change material

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c4ra07104b ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (74) ◽

pp. 39552-39557 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Zhonghao Rao ◽

Xinyu You ◽

Yutao Huo ◽

Xinjian Liu

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Thermophysical Properties ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Dissipative Particle Dynamics ◽

Particle Dynamics ◽

Change Material

The nano-encapsulated phase change materials (PCM), which have several good thermophysical properties, were proposed as potential for thermal energy storage.

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Designs of PCM based heat exchangers constructions for thermal energy storage tanks – examples and case study for selected design

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187001010 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 70 ◽

pp. 01010

Author(s):

Marta Kuta ◽

Dominika Matuszewska ◽

Tadeusz Michał Wójcik

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Heat Exchanger ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

New Technologies ◽

Tube Heat Exchanger ◽

Change Material

Increasing energy consumption in residential and public buildings requires development of new technologies for thermal energy production and storage. One of possibilities for the second listed need is the use of phase change materials (PCMs). This work is focused on solutions in this area and consists of two parts. First one is focused on different designs of thermal energy storage (TES) tanks based on the phase change materials. The second part is the analysis of tests results for TES tank containing shelf and tube heat exchanger and filled with phase change material. Thermal energy storage tank is analyzed in order to use it in domestic heating and hot utility water installations. The aim of this research was to check the applicability of phase change material for mentioned purpose. Results show that using phase change materials for thermal energy storage can increase amount of stored heat. The use of properly selected PCM and heat exchanger enables the process of thermal energy storing and releasing to become more efficient.

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A thermal energy storage composite by incorporating microencapsulated phase change material into wood

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c9ra09549g ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (14) ◽

pp. 8097-8103 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wenbin Wang ◽

Huimin Cao ◽

Jingyi Liu ◽

Shifang Jia ◽

Lin Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Microencapsulated Phase Change Material ◽

Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials ◽

The Matrix ◽

Change Material

Phase change energy storage wood (PCESW) was prepared by using microencapsulated phase change materials (MicroPCM) as thermal energy storage (TES) materials and wood as the matrix.

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Experimental Investigation on a PCM Based Thermal Energy Storage System for a VCR System

Advances in Science and Technology ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/ast.106.116 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 106 ◽

pp. 116-120

Author(s):

Shaik Riyaz Basha

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Cycle Time ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Storage Capacity ◽

Food Storage ◽

Change Material

Thermal energy storage (TES) based on hidden heat concept is good substitute for sensible heat storage because of its dense storage capacity and almost constant temperature heat transfers during the charging and discharging cycle. During no load and low cooling load conditions the system stores the thermal energy in the storage medium (phase change material) which will be used latter to meet the requirement in off cycle conditions. The intention of present work is to increase the system off cycle time, maintain required temperatures during power cuts by joining a few inch thick layer of phase change material on the outer surface of the evaporator. For investigation purpose a deep freezer which runs on vapor compression system of 50 liters storage capacity is fabricated with and without phase change materials. The eutectic compositions nearly 23 wt% salt (NaCl) dissolved in water and aluminium nitrate around 26 wt% dissolved in water are used as phase change materials. By the end of all experimental investigations it was noticed that the off cycle time system with phase change material is increased by 5.5 hours compared to system without phase change material, food storage time is enhanced by 8 to 14 hrs and a little power saving also achieved.

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Cryogenic conditioning of microencapsulated phase change material for thermal energy storage

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-75494-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

G. V. N. Trivedi ◽

R. Parameshwaran

Keyword(s):

Heat Treatment ◽

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Cryogenic Treatment ◽

Treatment Processes ◽

Change Material

Abstract Microencapsulation is a viable technique to protect and retain the properties of phase change materials (PCMs) that are used in thermal energy storage (TES) applications. In this study, an organic ester as a phase change material was microencapsulated using melamine–formaldehyde as the shell material. This microencapsulated PCM (MPCM) was examined with cyclic cryogenic treatment and combined cyclic cryogenic heat treatment processes. The surface morphology studies showed that the shell surfaces had no distortions or roughness after cryogenic treatment. The cryogenically conditioned microcapsules exhibited diffraction peak intensity shifts and crystal structure changes. The onset of melting for the nonconditioned and conditioned microcapsules were measured to be 8.56–9.56 °C, respectively. Furthermore, after undergoing the cryogenic and heat treatment processes, the PCM microcapsules had appreciable latent heat capacities of 39.8 kJ/kg and 60.7 kJ/kg, respectively. Additionally, the microcapsules were found to have good chemical stability after the cryogenic treatment. In addition, the cryogenically conditioned microcapsules were found to be thermally stable up to 128.9 °C, whereas the nonconditioned microcapsules were stable up to 101.9 °C. Based on the test results, it is obvious that the cryogenically conditioned microcapsules exhibited good thermal properties and are very desirable for cool thermal energy storage applications.

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Porous ceramic stabilized phase change materials for thermal energy storage

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c6ra06503a ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (53) ◽

pp. 48033-48042 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Songyang Liu ◽

Huaming Yang

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Porous Ceramic ◽

Ceramic Preform ◽

Composite Phase Change Material ◽

Change Material

This paper aimed to develop a novel form-stable composite phase change material (PCM) by infiltrating molten Na2SO4 into a mullite-corundum porous ceramic preform (M-PCP).

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Numerical Characterization of Anisotropic Heat Sink Composites

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.654-656.1500 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 654-656 ◽

pp. 1500-1503 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Thomas Fiedler ◽

Graeme E. Murch ◽

Timo Bernthaler ◽

Irina V. Belova

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Heat Sink ◽

Composite Structures ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Void Space ◽

Change Material

This work addresses the numerical analysis of anisotropic composite structures for thermal energy storage and temperature stabilization. The basic idea of heat sink composites is the combination of metallic matrices for fast energy transfer with phase change materials for thermal energy storage. Anisotropic matrices, such as lotus-type structures, allow for increased control of the thermal energy flow, without the necessity of additional thermal insulation. As an example, thermal energy can be directed towards a surface cooled by convection and excess energy is stored in the phase-change material. Computed tomography data of copper lotus-type material is used for the generation of the numerical calculation models. Due to its particular meso-structure, this material is characterised by strongly anisotropic properties. The void space of this cellular metal is filled with the phase-change material paraffin in order to enhance the energy storage capacity. A recently extended Lattice Monte Carlo method is used to evaluate the anisotropic thermal properties of these promising materials.

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Development of phase change material integrated oriented strand board for thermal energy storage

10.32469/10355/65472 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Layla Muhsan Hasan

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change ◽

Phase Change Material ◽

Thermal Energy ◽

Thermal Energy Storage ◽

Phase Change Materials ◽

Oriented Strand Board ◽

Building Envelope ◽

Graphite Nanoplatelets ◽

Change Material

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is attempted to develop energy storing oriented strand board (OSB). Energy storing capability is achieved by integrating phase change material (PCM) in the wood board. The effect of thermal energy storage in the building envelope is to reduce indoor temperature fluctuations and delay air temperature maximum to off-peak demand period and it will help to reduce the energy consumption in buildings envelop. In particular, we developed thermal energy storing shape stabilized phase change materials (SSPCM) integrated oriented strand board (OSB) wood based panels. High density polyethylene was used as a supporting material to prevent the leakage of liquid PCM during phase change. Different additives were added to increase the percentage of PCM that can be used in SSPCM preparation without leakage during the phase change, to serve as flame retardant, or to enhance the bonding between the SSPCM and wood strands. Three types of flame retardants were used, purified expanded graphite (EG), graphite nanoplatelets (xGnP) and nano magnesium hydroxide. The results of this study show that the integration of SSPCM in oriented strand board lowers the heat flux as compared to OSB without SSPCM.

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