International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.40, No.39, 13764-13770, 2015
Preparation and characterization of stearic acid/olive pomace powder composite as form-stable phase change material
This paper mainly includes the preparation, characterization and thermal properties of Stearic Acid/Olive Pomace Powder (SA/OPP) and Stearic Acid/Olive Pomace Powder/Graphite (AS/OPP) as a new form-stable composite phase change material for thermal energy storage, which are prepared by impregnation method followed by uniaxial compression. The graphite is added to improve thermal conductivity of SA/OPP form-stable composite PCM. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis and Hot Disk Analyzer measurements are using to characterized morphology, chemical structure, thermal performances, thermal stability and thermal conductivity of form-stable composite PCMs, respectively. The DSC analysis reveals that the melting and freezing temperatures and the latent heats of the SA/OPP form-stable composite PCM are measured as 55 degrees C and 51 degrees C, 111 J/g and 109 J/g, respectively. In addition, thermal conductivity of the form-stable composite PCM is increased by adding 7 wt % of graphite. Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Form-stable composite PCMs;Stearic acid;Olive pomace powder;Thermal properties;Phase change materials