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Phase change materials (PCMs) are becoming increasingly important in the field of thermal energy storage. Ionic liquids (ILs) are a group of novelty salts that are liquid below temperatures of 100 °C. To learn more about ILs based on ZnCl2/ChCl and their uses as PCMs, a Thermal Constants Analyzer measured the thermal conductivities of ionic liquids at 25 °C using the transient plane source (TPS) technique. Results indicated that thermal conductivity ...
Phase change materials (PCMs) are substances that release large amounts of energy in the form of latent heat when they freeze. Paraffin waxes have many of the desired characteristics PCMs exhibit except that they have low thermal conductivity. In this experiment, Alumina and Carbon Black nanoparticles were added to two types of paraffin waxes (melting points of 20-25 °C) to increase their thermal conductivity. A Transient Plane Source (TPS) measured ...
In this thesis study, the sensor was used to characterize polymer encapsulated paraffin waxes as phase change materials (PCM). The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the polystyrene (PS) and PS: wax microcapsules on the morphology and thermal, mechanical and conductivity properties of the polypropylene matrix. Post-melting, the PP microcapsules were extremely well dispersed within the matrix and there was a strong interaction between them ...