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Preparation and Thermal Performance of Methyl Palmitate and Lauric Acid Eutectic Mixture as Phase Change Material (PCM)
Journal of Energy Storage
  • Rami M. Saeed
  • Joshua P. Schlegel, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • R. Sawafta
  • Venu Kuturu
Abstract

A series of binary mixtures of Methyl Palmitate (MP) and Lauric Acid (LA) were prepared and investigated, aiming for potential phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage systems. The thermal analysis of the PCM binary mixtures was investigated by means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). A theoretical and experimental determination of the eutectic mixture was established. The results indicated that the eutectic binary mixture of 60%MP and 40%LA has desirable properties of phase transition temperatures within the comfort temperature range (Tm = 25.6 °C, Tf = 20.2 °C) and high latent heat capacity (Î"Hm = 205.4 J/g, Î"Hf = 205.8 J/g). The paper experimentally studied the other important thermo-physical properties required for modelling and stimulating the PCM in any storage systems such as thermal conductivity, enthalpy curve, phase diagram, specific heat, thermal diffusivity, and density. The thermal stability test indicated that the eutectic mixture had reliable thermal performance upon thermal cycling. Based on all these results, the MP-LA eutectic mixture is a promising material for thermal energy storage.

Department(s)
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
  • Differential scanning calorimetry,
  • Eutectics,
  • Heat storage,
  • Palmitic acid,
  • Phase change materials,
  • Phase diagrams,
  • Saturated fatty acids,
  • Specific heat,
  • Storage (materials),
  • Thermal conductivity,
  • Thermal energy,
  • Thermoanalysis, Comfort temperatures,
  • Enthalpy curves,
  • Eutectic mixture,
  • Experimental determination,
  • Methyl palmitate,
  • Thermal energy storage systems,
  • Thermal Performance,
  • Thermo-physical property, Binary mixtures
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2017
Publication Date
01 Oct 2017
Disciplines
Citation Information
Rami M. Saeed, Joshua P. Schlegel, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, R. Sawafta, et al.. "Preparation and Thermal Performance of Methyl Palmitate and Lauric Acid Eutectic Mixture as Phase Change Material (PCM)" Journal of Energy Storage Vol. 13 (2017) p. 418 - 424 ISSN: 2352-152X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joshua-schlegel/70/