Review Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: July | Volume: 5 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 24-34
Manufacturing Technology of Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Materials
Tejashree Amberkar, Prakash Mahanwar
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Corresponding Author: Tejashree Amberkar
ABSTRACT
Phase change materials (PCMs) can absorb, store or release latent heat when undergoing through phase transition in predetermined narrow temperature range and hence used in thermal energy storage applications. But PCMs might leach out due to increase in volume during phase transition process. Shape stabilization techniques of PCMs are developed to mitigate this problem. The shape-stabilized PCMs are made by preparing composite PCMs and encapsulation. Shape stabilization improves handling and applicability of PCMs. The increasing demand for energy-saving, ecologically sustainable and user-friendly techniques of energy storage has drawn attention to shape-stabilized PCMs. In this article, we reviewed shape stabilization techniques of PCMs.
Key words: PCM; thermal energy storage; shape-stabilization; encapsulation; composite PCM
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