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JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2021.103864
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Expanded graphite; Phase change material; Erythritol; Thermal energy storage
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The main aim of this paper is to enhance the thermal conductivity of erythritol as phase change material. By incorporating expanded graphite and calcium pimelate, the composite PCM shows improved cycle stability and significantly enhanced thermal conductivity, making it a promising candidate for waste heat recovery and solar energy medium temperature heat collection.
The main aim of this paper is to enhance the thermal conductivity of erythritol as phase change material (PCM). The expanded graphite (EG, thermal conductivity: 151 W/(m.K)) is dispersed into erythritol (melting point: 118 C, thermal conductivity: 0.844 W/(m.K)) as the high thermal conductivity additive, in which erythritol can be adsorbed effectively. The 2% EG/erythritol composite PCM has better cycle stability and its thermal conductivity enhances obviously. The 1% calcium pimelate (CaPi) is used as nucleating agent to inhibit the supercooling of the composite PCM further. The 2%EG/1%CaPi/erythritol composite PCM starts to solidify at 98.5 C and the equilibrium temperature is about 115 C during 100 cycles. The latent heat is 352.66 J/g and the thermal conductivity measured by the laser flash method is 1.287 W/(m.K), which is 52.5% higher than pure erythritol. Therefore, it is a new candidate to be used in waste heat recovery, solar energy medium temperature heat collection and other fields.
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