Journal
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 1049-1062Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.078
Keywords
Honeycomb-like structure; Biological porous carbon; PEG; Shape stabilization; Thermal conductivity reinforcement
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2652017342]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51572245]
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Shape-stable and high-thermal conductivity composite phase change materials (c-PCMs) composed of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and biological porous carbon (BPC) are investigated. BPC based on potatoes and white radishes are obtained by the carbonization method. The thermal conductivity of the BPC increases with the rising of the carbonization temperature due to the higher graphitization degree. Especially, BPC calcined at 1300 degrees C for 2 h resulted in the optimum PEG supporting matrix candidate, showing an attractive honeycomb-like microstructure. Calcination above 1300 degrees C results in the destruction of the shape. BPC/PEG c-PCMs are synthesized via a vacuum impregnation approach. PEG equally distributed in the matrix material with a mass fraction of 85.36% approximately and it could keep its morphological stability after heating at 80 degrees C for 40 h. Moreover, the highest thermal conductivity is 4.5 W/m K, which is about 10 times higher than the pristine PEG. Furthermore, no chemical interaction is found between the PEG and BPC. The melting and solidifying temperature, and enthalpy not vary upon a 200 thermal cycles test. This confirms the excellent chemical and structure stability for c-PCMs, which are within the most promising materials in the area of building heat preservation by being clean, energy-saving and recycled materials. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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