Effects of carbon nanotubes additive on thermal conductivity and thermal energy storage properties of a novel composite phase change material     
Yazarlar (3)
Ahmet Sarı
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Alper BİÇER Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gökhan Hekimoğlu
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Composite Materials
Dergi ISSN 0021-9983 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2019
Cilt No 53
Sayı 21
Sayfalar 2967 / 2980
DOI Numarası 10.1177/0021998318808357
Makale Linki http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0021998318808357
Özet
Fatty acids are commonly preferred as phase change materials for passive solar thermoregulation due to their several advantageous latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) properties. However, further storage container requirement of fatty acids against leakage problem during heating period and also low thermal conductivity significantly limit their application fields. To overcome these drawbacks of capric acid–stearic acid eutectic mixture as phase change material, it was first impregnated with expanded vermiculite clay by melting/blending method and then doped with carbon nanotubes. The effects of carbon nanotubes additive on the chemical/morphological structures and LHTES properties of the composite phase change material and thermal enhanced change phase change materials were investigated by scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis analysis techniques. The differential scanning calorimetry results showed that the form-stable composite phase change materials and thermal enhanced composite phase change materials have melting temperatures in the range of 24.35–24.64℃ and latent heat capacities between 76.32 and 73.13 J/g. Thermal conductivity of the composite phase change materials was increased as 83.3, 125.0 and 258.3% by carbon nanotubes doping 1, 3 and 5 wt%. The heat charging and discharging times of the thermal enhanced -composite phase change materials were reduced appreciably due to the enhanced thermal conductivity without notably influencing their LHTES properties. Furthermore, the thermal cycling test and thermogravimetric analysis findings proved that all fabricated composites had admirable thermal durability, cycling LHTES performance and chemical stability.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Carbon nanotubes | composite phase change material | fatty acid | thermal conductivity | thermal energy storage | vermiculite