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Role of crystallinity on the thermal and viscous behaviour of polyethylene glycol-in-silicone oil (o/o) phase change emulsions

Journal

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 348-357

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.08.003

Keywords

Non-aqueous emulsion; Phase change material (PCM); Crystallisation; Viscosity

Funding

  1. MINECO (Economy and competitiveness Ministry of Spain)
  2. Junta de Andalucia (Spain) [CTQ2017-89792-R, P18-RT-4684]

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This study successfully prepared stable polyethylene glycol-in-silicone oil phase change emulsions by controlling the composition and post-processing conditions. The compatibility of the silicone surfactant with the disperse phase was found to significantly affect the crystallinity and final properties of the emulsion.
Stable polyethylene glycol-in-silicone oil phase change emulsions were successfully prepared with a selected silicone surfactant. These oil-in-oil (o/o) emulsions have been scarcely examined up, despite the highly remarkable properties of both phases for energy recovery applications and cosmetic/pharmaceutical compositions. The objective of the present work was to study the effect of composition (surfactant and disperse phase concentrations) and the post-processing conditions (further agitation at the processing temperature for 24 h) on the final features of the emulsion. For this purpose, optical morphology, thermo-physical and the rheological behaviour of the emulsions and binary blends of their compounds were measured and analysed. Special attention has been paid to structural changes and crystallinity modifications of the emulsion disperse phase. The observed miscibility of the silicone surfactant and silicone chains with the disperse phase reduces its crystallinity degree and modifies in the crystallization mechanism of the polyethylene glycol, from heterogeneous to homogeneous nucleation. Interestingly, the change in the disperse phase crystallinity remarkably modifies final thermal and rheological properties of the emulsion. (c) 2021 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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