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Influence of Nanoparticles and Graphite Foam on the Supercooling of Acetamide.
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Journal of Nanomaterials . 2014, p1-10. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Acetamide is a promising phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal storage,but the large supercooling during the freezing process has limited its application. In this study, we prepared acetamide-SiO2 composites by adding nano-SiO2 into acetamide. This modified PCM was then impregnated into the porous graphite foam forming acetamide-SiO2-graphite foam form-stable composites. These composites were subjected to melting-solidification cycles 50 times; the time-temperature curves were tracked and recorded during these cycles. The time-temperature curves showed that, for the acetamide containing 2 wt. % SiO2, the supercooling phenomenon was eliminated and the material's performance was stable for 50 cycles. The solidification temperature of the acetamide-SiO2-graphite foam samples was 65°C and the melting temperature was lowered to 65°C. The samples exhibited almost no supercooling and the presence of SiO2 had no significant effect on the melting-solidification temperature. The microscopic supercooling of the acetamide-SiO2 composite was measured using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results indicated that when the content of SiO2 was 1 wt. to 2 wt. %, the supercooling could be reduced to less than 10°C and heat was sufficiently released during solidification. Finally, a set of algorithms was derived using MATLAB software for simulating the crystallization of samples based on the classical nucleation theory. The results of the simulation agreed with the experiment results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16874110
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nanomaterials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100530535
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/313674