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Influence of Nanoparticles and Graphite Foam on the Supercooling of Acetamide
Joint Authors
Yu, Jia
Chen, Xuan
Ma, Xiaoliang
Song, Qingfei
Zhao, Yukun
Cao, Jiahao
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Jia& Chen, Xuan& Ma, Xiaoliang& Song, Qingfei& Zhao, Yukun& Cao, Jiahao. 2014. Influence of Nanoparticles and Graphite Foam on the Supercooling of Acetamide. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1041399
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Jia…[et al.]. Influence of Nanoparticles and Graphite Foam on the Supercooling of Acetamide. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Jia& Chen, Xuan& Ma, Xiaoliang& Song, Qingfei& Zhao, Yukun& Cao, Jiahao. Influence of Nanoparticles and Graphite Foam on the Supercooling of Acetamide. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1041399
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1041399