Fatty Acids as Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for Thermal Energy Storage: A Review

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Thermal conductivity improvement of stearic acid using expanded graphite and carbon fiber for energy storage applications (2007, background): “3W/mK) is its major drawback decreasing heat storing and releasing rates during melting and crystallization processes, which in turn limits their utility areas [6].”
Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings (2018, unknown): “Although fatty acids are the most commonly used group of non-paraffin family due to their desirable characteristics, they are flammable at high temperatures and there is a shortage of substances with transformation temperature around the human thermal comfort [72, 114, 117-119].”
High-temperature phase change materials for thermal energy storage (2010, background): “Various aspects of investigations, developments and applications in low temperature PCMs have found their reflection in the subsequent reviews and monographies [4–30].”
A review of phase change materials for vehicle component thermal buffering (2014, background): “8 165 [133] 81% Palmitic acid + Acetamide 59.”