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Keyword: phase change materials

Total Papers Found: 56

Design, Assembly and Commisioning of a Test Apparatus for Characterizing Thermal Interface Materials

Author(s): I. Savija, J. R. Culham, M. M. Yovanovich, P. Teertstra

Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are often used in electronic and microelectronic applications. It can be difficult to determine their characteristics once they are in-situ because it is hard to account ...

Keywords: Contact resistance, electronics, GHF, in-situ thickness measurement, metallic foils, phase change materials, Polymeric materials, test apparatus, Thermal Conductivity, thermal interface materials

Review of latent heat thermal energy storage for improved material stability and effective load management

Author(s): K.S. Reddy, T. K. Mallick, Vijay Mudgal

This article reviewed the use of phase change materials (PCM) as thermal energy storages (TES) as they can be used to substitute large-scale energy demand and assist both economically and ...

Keywords: Heat Transfer, Heat transfer enhancement, Latent Heat Storage, phase change materials, solar energy, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Transient plane source (TPS) technique

Enhanced thermal conductivity of n octadecane containing carbon based nanomaterials

Author(s): Ali A. Alemrajabi, Rahmatollah Khodabandeh, Sadegh Motahar

This paper focused on determining the thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) that were dispersed throughout n-octadecane as phase change materials (PCMs). The Thermal Constants ...

Keywords: Carbon Nanofibers, Carbon nanofibers (CNFs), Multiwalled carbon nanotubes, nanomaterials, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Constants Analyzer, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Thermal performance enhancement of palmitic-stearic acid by adding graphene nanoplatelets and expanded graphite for thermal energy storage: A comparative study

Author(s): Nan Zhang, Tianyu Li, Weiyue Long, Xiaoling Cao, Yanping Yuan

The purpose of this study was to improve the wettability of silicon carbide (SiC) nanowires, in order for them to be used as thermoconductive fluids. Multiple experiments were conducted by ...

Keywords: expanded graphite, graphene, Graphene nanoplatelets, graphite, pcms, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Thermal Properties

A capric–palmitic–stearic acid ternary eutectic mixture/expanded graphite composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

Author(s): Caixing Chen, Hua Zhang, Tao Xu, Xuenong Gao, Yutang Fang, Zhengguo Zhang

This study suggested the use of capric acid–palmitic acid–stearic acid ternary eutectic mixture/expanded graphite (CA–PA–SA/EG) composite phase change material (PCM), as a low-temperature heat ...

Keywords: CA–PA–SA ternary eutectic mixture, expanded, graphite, Low-temperature, pcms, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Transient Plane Source

A newly composed paraffin encapsulated prototype roof structure for efficient thermal management in hot climate

Author(s): Abdulrahman Th. Mohommad, Hasanen M. Hussen, Hussein J. Akeiber, Mazlan A. Wahid

This study highlights the ongoing search for sustainable and thermally suitable phase-change materials (PCMs), for hot weather building climates, such as Iraq. This new PCM must have an extraordinary heat ...

Keywords: building materials, construction, Melting Temperature, pcms, phase change materials, Thermal Conductivity, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method, Wax

Preparation and thermal properties of porous heterogeneous composite phase change materials based on molten salts/expanded graphite

Author(s): Daili Feng, Ge Wang, Limin Zhong, Xiaowei Zhang, Yanhui Feng, Yi Luan

This article discussed the creation of phase change composite materials using molten binary salts and expanded graphite (EG). Three different salts were used, LiNO3–KCl, LiNO3–NaNO3 and LiNO3–NaCl. ...

Keywords: composites, expanded, graphite, Latent Heat Storage, molten binary salts, pcms, phase change materials, SEM, solution impregnation, Thermal Conductivity, thermal stability

Thermal Characterization of Lauric–Stearic Acid/Expanded Graphite Eutectic Mixture as Phase Change Materials

Author(s): Hua Zhu, Ming Li, Peng Zhang, Zhaonan Meng

Expanded graphite (EG) was added to lauric acid (LA)-stearic acid (SA) phase change materials to enhance their thermal conductivities. The PCMs were prepared in varying mass fractions of LA ...

Keywords: differential scanning calorimetry, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), DSC, graphite, pcms, phase change materials, Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning electron microscope (SEM), SEM, TGA, Thermal Conductivity, thermal stability, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), TPS, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Thermal energy storage characteristics of Cu–H2O nanofluids

Author(s): D. S. Zhu, X. F. Li, X. J. Wang, Y. H. Xu

The ability of Cu-H2O nanofluids to perform as phase change materials (PCMs) is investigated. The supercooling behavior of the nanofluids was determined as a function of copper nanoparticle concentration. ...

Keywords: Contact Angle, Copper, Cu-H2O, Nanofluids, Nanoparticles, pcms, phase change materials, Supercooling Behavior, Thermal Conductivity, thermal energy storage, Thermal Response Test, TPS Method, Transient Plane Source, Transient plane source (TPS) method

Silver incorporated microencapsulation of n-hexadecane andn-octadecane appropriate for dynamic thermal management in textiles

Author(s): Emel Onder, Gokcen Ukuser, Nihal Sarier

In this paper, the authors discuss the preparation of microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs). The PCMs used in this study were n-hexadecane and n-octadecane, and the shell was made up ...

Keywords: Centrifugal Shear Force, differential scanning calorimetry, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), DLS, DSC, Dynamic Light Scattering, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR, Nanoparticles, pcms, phase change materials, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), SEM, Thermal Conductivity, Thermogravimetry-Differential Thermogravimetry, Transient Plane Heat Source