Biobased Lamb Tail Fat Phase Change Material with Enhanced Thermal
Properties by Incorporation of Cyclophosphazene Additives
Abstract
Among organic phase change materials, paraffin is most commonly used,
but it is not environmentally friendly due to its petrochemical content.
For efficient utilization of solar or thermal energy, new phase change
materials are urgently needed, or it is necessary to improve the thermal
properties of existing materials. Therefore, the utilization of lamb’s
tail fat as a latent heat storage material is of particular importance
for the evaluation of bio based waste oils. T-history is one of the
simplest and most reliable and the simple equipment setup and reliable
results make the T-History method attractive. In this study, new phase
change materials were improved by using different concentrations of
cyclophosphazene derivatives as an additive to the starting lamb tail
fat material. According to the results, 1% HEHCP-doped lamb tail fat
can be proposed for application in thermal energy storage systems when
used for insulation. In addition, it is found that if the phase change
materials developed by inclusion of HBACP can be operated as cooling
liquid for photovoltaic panels or as working fluid in concentrated solar
power systems, owing to higher fusion of heat value of 1% HBACP and
higher specific heat capacity of 2% HBACP consisting lamb tail fat.