Energizing eutectic salt hydrate phase change material using 2D carbon based graphene nanoparticle

¹ Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, 47500 Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
² Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, AEC&RI, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641003, India
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode - 638 401, India
⁴ CoE for Energy and Eco-sustainability Research, Uttaranchal University Dehradun Uttarakhand India 248007
⁵ School of Energy Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, 182320J&K, India

^* Corresponding author: kalidasancinna@gmail.com

Abstract

Energy being the strongly depended source for development and industrialization, their storage in any form tends to bridge the gap between demand and supply. Renewable energy technology systems now include energy storage as a crucial component. Thermal energy storage is a technique that stores thermal energy by heating or cooling a storage medium. This allows the energy to be used for heating and cooling purposes later on. The present study develops ternary inorganic salt hydrate eutectic phase change material (EPCM) that is intended for cooling buildings. Melting temperature, melting enthalpy and eutectic composition proportion of inorganic salt hydrate of sodium carbonate decahydrate (SCD), sodium phosphate dibasic dodecahydrate (SPDD), and sodium sulphate decahydrate (SSD) are determined using the eutectic melting point theory. Ternary EPCM is synthesised experimentally in accordance with the percentage of salt hydrates. Graphene nanoplatelets are distributed at different weight concentrations of 0.3%, 0.6%, and 0.9% in order to further improve the thermal performance; at higher concentration above 0.9% the graphene nanoplatelets tends to agglomerate. In order to assess the chemical stability and thermal properties of prepared nanoparticle dispersed PCMs, are experimentally assessed. Findings confirm the ternary EPCM's chemical stability and raise its latent heat with graphene nanoplatelets.