Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Patrick J. Shamberger, Timothy Reid
Keywords: enthalpy of fusion, liquid, lithium nitrate trihydrate (lino3-b" 3h2o), melting temperature, octadecane, solid, temperatures, thermal energy storage, thermophysical properties, thermophysical properties testing, thermtest, transient plane source (tps), transient plane source (tps) method, volumetric enthalpy
Abstract: Lithium nitrate trihydrate (LiNO3·3H2O) has many traits that are desirable for thermal energy storage (TES) materials. This study tests the thermophysical properties of LiNO3·3H2O between 253-353 K in comparison to effective TES materials: water and paraffin. A TPS system measured the thermal conductivity of the solid LiNO3·3H2O samples using the transient plane source (TPS) method. Results showed that LiNO3·3H2O had a higher thermal conductivity than paraffin, giving it the potential to be a competitive TES material in the future.
Reference: Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 57, 5 (2012) 1404-1411
DOI: 10.1021/je3000469