期刊
ENERGIES
卷 14, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en14051427
关键词
fly ash; molten salts; surface roughness; enhanced thermal conductivity; phase change material
资金
- Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province [2019B110209003]
- Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province [2016A020221025]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2019A1515011570]
- Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) [GML2019ZD0101]
This study explored a novel molten salt Na2CO3 treatment to process coal fly ash (FA) into a robust matrix for constructing latent phase change composites. The treated composites showed improved LA content and thermal conductivity compared to the pristine FA, indicating potential for passive building cooling applications.
Coal fly ash (FA) valorization is of great significance and sustainable interests to addressing the current environmental challenges faced by coal power industry. Herein, this work attempted a novel molten salt Na2CO3 treatment for processing FA into a robust matrix to support lauric acid (LA) toward construction of latent phase change composite. Their micromorphology, physiochemical, and thermal properties were monitored with scanning and transmission microscopy, X-ray diffraction and FT-IR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, among others. As Na2CO3 dosage increased from 20% to 40%, the FA experienced firstly higher loss of SiO2 and then substantial loss of Al2O3, and yet exhibited merely varied porosity. Then, both the composites revealed a maximum LA content of 20% that doubled that of pristine FA. Nevertheless, the optimal composite was disclosed with thermal conductivity of 0.5668 W/mK, which was 69% higher than its FA-based counterpart. It was proposed that the surface roughness evidenced by the formation of tremendous grooves and gaps during thermal alkaline processing were accountable for the promoted carrying capacity toward organic component. Furthermore, the latent phase change composite revealed excellent durability, including negligibly varied phase transition temperature and enthalpy even after 1500 thermal cycling, which promised great interest in passive building cooling. Meanwhile, the finds here led to a new understanding into the structural origin of adsorption capacity by inorganic FA, and may provide guidance for better exploration of its characteristics for other applications.
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