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Journal of Materials Science
Published in: Journal of Materials Science 22/2018

25-07-2018 | Composites

Shape stabilization, thermal energy storage behavior and thermal conductivity enhancement of flexible paraffin/MWCNTs/PP hollow fiber membrane composite phase change materials

Authors: Dajun Luo, Fujian Wei, Huiju Shao, Li Xiang, Jingkui Yang, Zhenyu Cui, Shuhao Qin, Jie Yu

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 22/2018

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Abstract

Flexible shape-stabilized composite phase change materials (ss-CPCMs) have a wide range of potential applications because they can be woven into desired shapes. In this work, a series of novel flexible paraffin/multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/polypropylene hollow fiber membrane (PHFM) ss-CPCMs (PC-PHFM-CPCMs) with weavability were fabricated for thermal energy storage. In order to select a PHFM with optimum stretching ratio as the supporting material for the flexible ss-CPCMs, PHFMs with different stretching ratios were fabricated to encapsulate the paraffin as novel flexible ss-CPCMs (P-PHFM-CPCMs). The effects of stretching ratios on the latent heats and absorption capacity were investigated. PHFM200 (polypropylene hollow fiber stretched by 200%) showed the high porosity (65.2%) and tensile strength (119.9 MPa), and the corresponding P-PHFM-CPCM200 had the largest latent heats in the melting process and solidifying process (73.90 and 76.71 J/g) and maximum paraffin absorption capacity (52.42 wt%) compared to other candidates. Paraffin/MWCNTs mixtures with high thermal conductivity were injected into the columned cavity of P-PHFM-CPCM200 to further enhance the paraffin encapsulation capacity and significantly improve their heat transfer. Among all PC-PHFM-CPCMs, PC0-PHFM-CPCM200 exhibited the maximum paraffin encapsulation capacity of 80.97 wt%. The thermal conductivity of PC-PHFM-CPCMs was obviously enhanced with the increase in the weight ratio of MWCNTs. PC4-PHFM-CPCM200 achieved the highest thermal conductivity of 0.46 W/m K, which was obviously improved by 100%. The corresponding latent heat in the solidification process was 109.2 J/g. In addition, excellent chemical compatibility and thermal stability of PC-PHFM-CPCMs were demonstrated by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermo-gravimetric analysis.
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Metadata
Title
Shape stabilization, thermal energy storage behavior and thermal conductivity enhancement of flexible paraffin/MWCNTs/PP hollow fiber membrane composite phase change materials
Authors
Dajun Luo
Fujian Wei
Huiju Shao
Li Xiang
Jingkui Yang
Zhenyu Cui
Shuhao Qin
Jie Yu
Publication date
25-07-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science / Issue 22/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2722-5

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