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Preparation, Thermal Properties and Thermal Reliability of Form-Stable Paraffin/Polypropylene Composite for Thermal Energy Storage

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This study is focused on the preparation, characterization, and determination of thermal properties and thermal reliability of paraffin/polypropylene (PP) composite as a novel form-stable phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage applications. In the composite, paraffin acts as a PCM when PP is operated as supporting material. The composites prepared at different mass fractions of paraffin (50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 w/w%) by solution casting method were subjected to leakage test by heating the composites over the melting temperature of the PCM. The paraffin/PP composite (70/30 w/w%) is found as the maximum paraffin containing composite and was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, optic microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. DSC analysis indicated that the form-stable paraffin/PP composite melts at 44.77–45.52 °C and crystallizes at 53.55–54.80 °C. It has latent heats of 136.16 and −136.59 J/g for melting and crystallization, respectively. These thermal properties make it potential PCM for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) purposes such as solar space heating applications. Accelerated thermal cycling tests indicated that the form-stable PCM had good thermal reliability. TGA also showed that the form-stable PCM degrades in two distinguishable steps and had good chemical stability.

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The author would like to acknowledge the financial support (Project No. 2003 K120510) by the Turkish State Planning Organization. Authors also thank Dr Ahmet Karadağ for TGA analysis and Dr Ibrahim Türkekul for OM analysis.

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    Cemil Alkan, Kemal Kaya & Ahmet Sarı

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Alkan, C., Kaya, K. & Sarı, A. Preparation, Thermal Properties and Thermal Reliability of Form-Stable Paraffin/Polypropylene Composite for Thermal Energy Storage. J Polym Environ 17, 254–258 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-009-0146-7

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