Deployment of dedicative nano-additives to enhance the thermal behaviour
and effectiveness of heat transfer performance of eutectic compound
Abstract
Two nano-precursors with capping agent were incorporated in stearyl
alcohol-adipic acid combination phase change material in this study. The
addition of nanomaterials made the eutectic reliable in the manner of
its thermal properties like higher enthalpy, degradation point and more
compatible with the metal encapsulation materials when compared with the
pristane eutectic. The importance of nano-metal oxides in parent
material was shown by the reduced time frame of the PCM’s thermal energy
storing and releasing process for space heating applications. The
specific heat capacity of both the aluminium and titanium oxide
nanocomposites were greater than the eutectic which indicates that the
material can retain more energy. The thermal conductivities of base
material and nanocomposite PCMs were 0.2686, 0.2815 and 0.4395 W/mK at
40 °C and the highest percentage increment of nanocomposites was seen as
9.19 and 63.62 % at varied encircled temperatures. The crystal
structure and chemical disintegration was evinced with the X-ray
diffractometer results of the composites.