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Wang, Jifen & Xie, Huaqing & Guo, Zhixiong & Cai, Le & Zhang, Kai (). Using organic phase-change materials for enhanced energy storage in water heaters: an experimental study. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 26 Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-x68w-p738

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Using organic phase-change materials for enhanced energy storage in water heaters: an experimental study (2019)
Jifen Wang, Huaqing Xie, Zhixiong Guo, Le Cai, Kai Zhang
Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer 26.
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AbstractOrganic phase-change material for enhanced energy storage was prepared by adding SiO2 particles in a certain proportion into molten palmitic acid (PA) with stirring and intensive sonication at a constant temperature. The thermal properties of the SiO2/PA composite were experimentally characterized. As compared with the pure PA, the latent heat capacity of the composite with addition of 3 wt% SiO2 particles is increased by 51.7 kJ/kg, reaching 214.7 kJ/kg, which is the highest value among the composites tested with varying SiO2 ratio from 1 to 5 wt%; the thermal conductivity of the 3 wt% SiO2/PA composite is also increased by 12% at 30 oC (solid state) and 7% at 70 oC (liquid state), respectively. A water heater was built and tested with embedded capsules containing the 3 wt% SiO2/PA composite and pure PA, respectively. The lab-built phase-change water heater is much smaller in size than an ordinary household water heater in comparison and uses reduced electrical power. However, it responds faster and has a larger volume ratio of hot water output to water heater size. During the turning-off test, the water heater with 3 wt% SiO2/PA can provide 2.23 times hot water of its tank size at a time; while the ordinary water heater can only provide 1.41 times of its tank volume.
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-x68w-p738
SubjectsEnergy storage enhancement, Organic phase-change material, Latent heat, Composite, Water heater
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