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Title: | Enhancing thermal energy storage in buildings with novel functionalised MWCNTs-enhanced phase change materials: Towards efficient and stable solutions |
Authors: | Hayat, MA Chen, Y Yang, Y Li, L Bevilacqua, M |
Keywords: | functionalised MWCNTs;phase change material;thermal energy storage;latent heat;buildings;nanocomposites |
Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Hayat, M.A. et al. (2023) 'Enhancing thermal energy storage in buildings with novel functionalised MWCNTs-enhanced phase change materials: Towards efficient and stable solutions', Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 47, 102313, pp. 1 - 12. doi: 10.1016/j.tsep.2023.102313. |
Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Phase change materials (PCMs) are a promising panacea to tackle the intermittency of renewable energy sources, but their thermal performance is limited by low thermal conductivity (TC). This pioneering work investigates the potential of organic PCM-enriched surface-modified and un-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for low-temperature thermal energy storage (TES) applications. The functionalised and un-functionalised MWCNTs enhanced PCM have demonstrated a TC enhancement of 158 % and 147 %, respectively, at 25 °C. However, the TC value of the unmodified MWCNTs-based PCM dropped by 52.5 % after 48 h at 25 °C, while that of the functionalised MWCNTs-based PCM remained stable. A DSC analysis of up to 200 thermal cycles confirmed that the surface-modified and un-modified MWCNTs had no major effect on the peak melting and cooling temperatures of the nano-enhanced PCMs although a minor decrease of 7.5 % and 7.7 % in the melting and crystallisation enthalpies, respectively, was noticed with the inclusion of functionalised MWCNTs. Moreover, functionalised MWCNTs incorporated PCMs have led to increases in specific heat capacity by 23 % with an optimal melting enthalpy value of 229.7 J/g. In addition, no super-cooling, no phase segregation, and a small phase change temperature were noticed with these nano-enhanced PCMs. Finally, no chemical interaction from nano-PCMs was seen in the FT-IR spectra with the incorporation of both functionalised and un-treated MWCNTs. It is evident that the functionalised MWCNT-based PCM has better thermal stability and it offers a promising alternative for improving thermal storage and management capabilities in buildings, contributing to a sustainable and energy-efficient building design. |
Description: | Data availability: Data will be made available on request. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27868 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2023.102313 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID ID: Yongkang Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0444-6811 ORCID iD: Liang Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-7045 102313 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Design School Research Papers |
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