Thermal Properties of Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Materials Based on Porous Supports for Thermal Energy Storage

Franco Dominici, Adio Miliozzi and Luigi Torre
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Franco Dominici: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Unità di Ricerca Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), University of Perugia, 05100 Terni, Italy
Adio Miliozzi: Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Luigi Torre: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Unità di Ricerca Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), University of Perugia, 05100 Terni, Italy

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-16

Abstract: The use of phase change materials (PCM) for thermal energy storage (TES) is of great relevance, especially for the exploitation, in various ways, of the major ecological resource offered by solar energy. Unfortunately, the transition to the liquid state of PCM requires complex systems and limits their application. The goal of producing shape-stabilized phase change materials (SSPCM) is mainly pursued with the use of media capable of containing PCM during solid/liquid cycles. In this work, four cheap shape stabilizers were considered: sepiolite, diatomite, palygorskite and zeolite and two molten salts as PCM, for medium (MT) and high temperature (HT). The SSPCM, produced with an energy saving method, showed good stability and thermal storage performances. Diatomite reaches up to 400% wt. of encapsulated PCM, with a shape stabilization coefficient (SS c ) of 97.7%. Zeolite exhibits a SS c of 87.3% with 348% wt. of HT-PCM. Sepiolite contains 330% wt. of MT-PCM with an SS c of 82.7. Therefore, these materials show characteristics such that they can be efficiently used in thermal energy storage systems, both individually and inserted in a suitable matrix (for example a cementitious matrix).

Keywords: shape-stabilized phase change materials SSPCM; encapsuled; diatomite; sepiolite; zeolite; molten salt; thermal energy storage TES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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