Microencapsulated phase change slurries for thermal energy storage in a residential solar energy system |
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Authors: | M.J. Huang P.C. Eames S. McCormack P. Griffiths N.J. Hewitt |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Sustainable Technologies, School of Built Environment, University of Ulster, N. Ireland BT37 0QB, UK;2. Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK;3. Department of Civil, Structure and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland |
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Abstract: | Phase change materials (PCMs) are attractive for use in thermal energy storage applications and thermal regulation/control due to their high-energy storage density over a small temperature range. The direct use of phase change materials for energy storage and/or heat transfer applications has been limited due to the low thermal conductivity of the PCM particularly when solidifying on the heat transfer surface. A Phase change slurry (PCS) consists of small micro-encapsulated PCM particles suspended in a carrier fluid which enhances the heat transfer to the PCM. The PCS can serve not only as the thermal storage media but also as the heat transfer fluid, and hence may have many potentially important applications including in the field of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, solar energy and heat exchangers. A test system to examine PCS performance in residential thermal energy storage applications has been developed to both observe and characterise the thermal processes that occur in a thermal store with a helical coil heat exchanger. These test results will be used to improve the system design and identify limitations when used for intermittent application. |
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