Different dimensional nanoadditives for thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials: Fundamentals and applications

Piao, Changhao; Chen, Xiao; Gao, Hongyi; Zhang, Xiaowei; Tang, Zhaodi; Li, Ang; Wang, Ge

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105948

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“…Finally, 3D nanoadditives have recently received increasing interest due to their inherent 3D conductive networks. [74] At present, researchers generally increase the heat transfer efficiency of PCM by the addition of other highly thermally conductive materials, such as porous skeleton with high thermal conductivity, metal foam, nanoscale particles, and so on. The new CPCM has a relatively high thermal conductivity.…”

Section: D Structure Additivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Thermal Properties Improvement of Phase Change Materials and Its Combination with Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2021

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This article summarizes measures to enhance the solar phase change thermal energy storage (TES), starting from two key points in solar phase change TES research: solar phase change materials (PCM) and solar phase transition devices. First, different types of PCM and their advantages and disadvantages are introduced. To improve thermal performance, the research progress of different dimensional thermal conductivity additives, photothermal composite phase change materials (CPCM), and phase change microcapsules is reviewed. Then, the characteristics of commonly used solar phase transition TES devices and the research status of solar energy device improvement with fins and multistage phase transition TES are summarized for the past few years. It is hoped to provide methods and ideas for the design and research of solar phase change TES systems, and to increase the overall heat transfer properties through the combination of multiple optimization methods. Finally, the future direction and research focus of solar phase change TES technology are put forward.

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A Review on Thermal Properties Improvement of Phase Change Materials and Its Combination with Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2021

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“…Recent reviews mainly concentrate on the encapsulation strategies, thermal conductivity enhancement, and applications of PCMs in energy conversion and storage ( Aftab et al., 2018 ; Chandel and Agarwal, 2017 ; Chen et al., 2020g ; Cheng et al., 2021 ; Frigione et al., 2019 ; Li and Mu, 2019 ; Shchukina et al., 2018 ; Wu et al., 2021b ; Yuan et al., 2020 ), or focus on the preparations, properties and applications of flexible PCMs ( Shi et al., 2021 ). However, an insightful understanding of flexible engineering of advanced PCMs is still insufficient.…”

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Flexible engineering of advanced phase change materials

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“…The latter limits theirs charging/discharging rates during solidification/melting processes. This issue can be overcome with the use of solid nanoparticles [6,7] or porous medium/solid foam [8] to tailor thermal transport properties of the "composite" material. In this framework, research is currently directed on the macroscale optimization of device's configurations to achieve higher performances [9].…”

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Thermophysical properties of $n$-hexadecane: Combined Molecular Dynamics and experimental investigations

Klochko,

Noel,

Sgreva

et al. 2022

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Investigating properties of phase change materials (PCMs) is an important issue due to their extensive use in heat storage systems and thermal regulation devices. Improvement of the efficiency of such systems should be based on a better knowledge of the microscopic mechanisms governing the thermal and rheological characteristics of PCMs. This may be accomplished by the use of molecular simulations of the aforementioned quantities and their linkage with macroscale investigations. In this work, we studied thermophysical properties of n-hexadecane for different temperatures regimes using molecular dynamics (MD) and carry out several experimental measurements. Particularly, we focused on the evaluation of various rheological and thermal properties such as thermal conductivity, κ, viscosity, η, diffusion coefficient, D, and heat capacities Cp and Cv. Special attention was paid to the comparison of the results of simulations with experimental ones.

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Different dimensional nanoadditives for thermal conductivity enhancement of phase change materials: Fundamentals and applications

Cited by 219 publications

References 162 publications

A Review on Thermal Properties Improvement of Phase Change Materials and Its Combination with Solar Thermal Energy Storage

A Review on Thermal Properties Improvement of Phase Change Materials and Its Combination with Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Flexible engineering of advanced phase change materials

Thermophysical properties of $n$-hexadecane: Combined Molecular Dynamics and experimental investigations

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