Processing Compressed Expanded Natural Graphite for Phase Change Material Composites

Bulk, Alexander; Odukomaiya, Adewale; Simmons, Ethan; Woods, Jason

doi:10.1007/s11630-022-1578-9

Processing Compressed Expanded Natural Graphite for Phase Change Material Composites

Journal Article · Wed Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Thermal Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-022-1578-9· OSTI ID:1884803

Bulk, Alexander ^[1]; Odukomaiya, Adewale ^[1]; Simmons, Ethan ^[1]; Woods, Jason ^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Phase change materials (PCMs) are used in various thermal energy storage applications but are limited by their low thermal conductivity. One method to increase conductivity involves impregnating organic PCMs into highly porous conductive matrix materials. Of these materials, compressed expanded natural graphite (CENG) matrices have received the most attention. Despite this attention, the effect that CENG processing has on PCM saturation and overall matrix thermal conductivity has not been fully investigated. Therefore, the effect of the heat treatment process used to expand intercalated graphite flakes is evaluated here. Higher heat treatment temperatures yielded higher saturation rates and overall saturation at similar matrix porosities. For example, increasing temperature from 300 °C to 700 °C resulted in approximately 60%-70% increase in pore saturation after 100 minutes of soaking. The exposure time to heat treatment had less of an effect on PCM saturation. The exposure time had negligible effect above 30 min and above 500 °C heating temperatures. However, because the expanded graphite was found to oxidize around 700 °C, the use of longer exposure time in manufacturing applications can be beneficial if a shortened impregnation time is needed. Heat treatment conditions did not impact thermal conductivity. The composite latent heat of fusion was also reduced approximately proportionally to the PCM mass fraction. A local maximum in axial thermal conductivity was observed at around 83% porosity, which is similar to previous studies. The observed conductivity at this maximum was a factor of 81 times greater than the conductivity of the PCM.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1884803

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5500-83852; MainId:84625; UUID:cc9d2f34-6850-47d2-817e-146d7fac8b3d; MainAdminID:65239

Journal Information:: Journal of Thermal Science, Journal Name: Journal of Thermal Science Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 32; ISSN 1003-2169

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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