Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Ke-Fa Cen, Li-Wu Fan, Yi Zeng, Yu-Qi Xiao, Zi-Tao Yu
Keywords: carbon nanotubes, cnts, differential scanning calorimeter, dynamic viscosity, latent heat of fusion, melting point, nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials, nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials (nepcms), nanoparticles, nepcms, pcms, phase change materials, scanning electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (sem), sem, tem, thermal conductivity, transient plane source technique, transmission electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (tem)
Abstract: A nanoparticle-enhanced phase change material (NePCM) is prepared by the dispersal of carbon nanotubes in 1-dodecanol. The objective of this experiment was to determine if the addition of nanoparticles could increase the thermal conductivity of the base PCM while resulting in a NePCM that would still have the required properties of a functional PCM. It was found that the thermal conductivity was enhanced through the addition of the carbon nanotubes; however, the addition of the nanotubes was found to increase the viscosity drastically to the point that it is not sufficiently offset by the increase in thermal conductivity.
Reference: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 66 (2013) 111-117
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.022