TY - GEN
T1 - The Effects of Graphene on Microstructural and Thermal Properties of Calcium Chloride Hexahydrate PCM
AU - Kaur, Jesbains
AU - Jamil, Nurfatihah
AU - Shahabuddin, Syed
AU - Pandey, A. K.
AU - Saidur, R.
AU - Yohaness, Fitwi
AU - Singh, Baljit
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported by Sunway University Internal grant RCNMET-INT-02.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Asian Institute of Technology.
PY - 2019/2/5
Y1 - 2019/2/5
N2 - Phase change materials (PCMs) are the excellent option used to store thermal energy as latent heat which substantially contribute to the efficient use and conservation of waste heat and solar energy. There are very few studies on nano enhanced inorganic PCM especially calcium chloride hexahydrate. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the effects of graphene on the microstructural and thermal properties of calcium chloride hexahydrate. The thermal conductivity and morphology of pure PCM and nanoenhanced graphene PCM was investigated using Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), 3D Laser microscope (LEXT), KD2 Pro thermal property analyser and Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) methods. From the microstructural observation, a sharp single lattice fringe proved that graphene has uniformly dispersed with PCM and removed the stacking effect and agglomeration. The thermal conductivity and increased by 20% when 2wt% of graphene were mixed with calcium chloride hexahydrate. This nanoenhanced PCM is suitable for energy storage in solar thermal and photovoltaic thermal applications.
AB - Phase change materials (PCMs) are the excellent option used to store thermal energy as latent heat which substantially contribute to the efficient use and conservation of waste heat and solar energy. There are very few studies on nano enhanced inorganic PCM especially calcium chloride hexahydrate. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the effects of graphene on the microstructural and thermal properties of calcium chloride hexahydrate. The thermal conductivity and morphology of pure PCM and nanoenhanced graphene PCM was investigated using Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), 3D Laser microscope (LEXT), KD2 Pro thermal property analyser and Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) methods. From the microstructural observation, a sharp single lattice fringe proved that graphene has uniformly dispersed with PCM and removed the stacking effect and agglomeration. The thermal conductivity and increased by 20% when 2wt% of graphene were mixed with calcium chloride hexahydrate. This nanoenhanced PCM is suitable for energy storage in solar thermal and photovoltaic thermal applications.
KW - calcium chloride hexahydrate
KW - graphene
KW - morphology
KW - phase change materials
KW - thermal conductivity
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U2 - 10.23919/ICUE-GESD.2018.8635788
DO - 10.23919/ICUE-GESD.2018.8635788
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85062859197
T3 - Proceedings of the Conference on the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy, ICUE
BT - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Green Energy for Sustainable Development, ICUE 2018
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2018 International Conference on Green Energy for Sustainable Development, ICUE 2018
Y2 - 24 October 2018 through 26 October 2018
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