Inorganic Salt Hydrate for Thermal Energy Storage

By N. Xie, Zhaowen Huang, Zigeng Luo, Xuenong Gao, Yutang Fang, Zhengguo Zhang. 2017

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Using phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage has always been a hot topic within the research community due to their excellent performance on energy conservation such as energy efficiency in buildings, solar domestic hot water systems, textile industry, biomedical and food agroindustry. Several literatures have reported phase change materials concerning various aspects. Among these materials, salt hydrates are worthy of exploring due to their high-energy storage density, rational price, multiple sources and relatively good thermal conductivity. This paper reviews the present state of salt hydrates PCMs targeting classification, properties, defects, possible solutions as well as their idiographic features which are suitable for applications. In addition, new trends of future research are also indicated.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Solar Energy Usages and Storage: An Overview (2019, background): “Salt hydrates commonly have a chemical formula of MnH2O, where M is an inorganic compound and this inorganic compound is important in storing heat due to its high density of volumetric latent heat storage [52,58].”
A comprehensive review on sub-zero temperature cold thermal energy storage materials, technologies, and applications: State of the art and recent developments (2021, methodology): “This method also helps with phase separation and leakage problems during phase change [107].”
Simultaneous solar-thermal energy harvesting and storage via shape stabilized salt hydrate phase change material (2021, result): “Furthermore, high energy storage capability of 230.8, 238.2, and 248.3 J/g were exhibited by SSG300, SSG500 and SSG750, respectively.”