Thermal storage technology is becoming more and more significant with the increase of high-power equipment in space applications.In this paper,3 D printing technology and Phase Change Material(PCM)were combined into a...Thermal storage technology is becoming more and more significant with the increase of high-power equipment in space applications.In this paper,3 D printing technology and Phase Change Material(PCM)were combined into a Thermal Energy Storage(TES)system,which could fulfill the requirements of light weight and high thermal conductivity.A 3 D-printed lattice-structure TES plate with N-tetradecane as the PCM and aluminum alloy as the thermal conductivity enhancer was manufactured,and experimentally tested in a thermal vacuum chamber.In addition,a simplified simulation model of the lattice cell was established to clearly analyze the heat transfer process of the TES plate.The effects of initial temperature distribution and heat load gradient on the thermal storage performances were investigated experimentally and theoretically.The equivalent thermal conductivity of the 3 D-printed lattice-structure TES plate turns out to be 13 times of the pure PCM thanks to the aluminum skeleton.The heat transfer enhancement appears at the end of the phase change stage due to the sudden mixture of the PCM with different temperature.The simulation results agree well with the experimental data.The equivalent thermal conductivity obtained by the phase change simulations are a little higher than those of the experiments,which is mainly caused by the initial uneven temperature distribution in the tests.Additionally,the effects of non-uniform heat load and the presence of the PCM in the TES plate are studied.This work successfully validates the feasibility and effectiveness of 3 D printing technology and TES technology for the temperature control in space applications.展开更多
n-Alkanes have been widely used as phase change materials(PCMs) for thermal energy storage applications because of their exceptional phase transition performance, high chemical stability, long term cyclic stability an...n-Alkanes have been widely used as phase change materials(PCMs) for thermal energy storage applications because of their exceptional phase transition performance, high chemical stability, long term cyclic stability and non-toxicity. However, the thermodynamic properties, especially heat capacity, of n-alkanes have rarely been comprehensively investigated in a wide temperature range, which would be insufficient for design and utilization of n-alkanes-based thermal energy storage techniques. In this study, the thermal properties of n-alkanes(C;H;-C;H;), such as thermal stability, thermal conductivity, phase transition temperature and enthalpy were systematically studied by different thermal analysis and calorimetry methods, and compared with previous results. Thermodynamic property of these n-alkanes was studied in a wide temperature range from 1.9 K to 370 K using a combined relaxation(Physical Property Measurement System, PPMS), differential scanning and adiabatic calorimetry method, and the corresponding thermodynamic functions, such as entropy and enthalpy, were calculated based on the heat capacity curve fitting. Most importantly, the heat capacities and related thermodynamic functions of n-heneicosane and n-docosane were reported for the first time in this work, as far as we know. This research work would provide accurate and reliable thermodynamic properties for further study of n-alkanes-based PCMs for thermal energy storage applications.展开更多
基金supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.2019M660403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51806008 and No.51706020)。
文摘Thermal storage technology is becoming more and more significant with the increase of high-power equipment in space applications.In this paper,3 D printing technology and Phase Change Material(PCM)were combined into a Thermal Energy Storage(TES)system,which could fulfill the requirements of light weight and high thermal conductivity.A 3 D-printed lattice-structure TES plate with N-tetradecane as the PCM and aluminum alloy as the thermal conductivity enhancer was manufactured,and experimentally tested in a thermal vacuum chamber.In addition,a simplified simulation model of the lattice cell was established to clearly analyze the heat transfer process of the TES plate.The effects of initial temperature distribution and heat load gradient on the thermal storage performances were investigated experimentally and theoretically.The equivalent thermal conductivity of the 3 D-printed lattice-structure TES plate turns out to be 13 times of the pure PCM thanks to the aluminum skeleton.The heat transfer enhancement appears at the end of the phase change stage due to the sudden mixture of the PCM with different temperature.The simulation results agree well with the experimental data.The equivalent thermal conductivity obtained by the phase change simulations are a little higher than those of the experiments,which is mainly caused by the initial uneven temperature distribution in the tests.Additionally,the effects of non-uniform heat load and the presence of the PCM in the TES plate are studied.This work successfully validates the feasibility and effectiveness of 3 D printing technology and TES technology for the temperature control in space applications.
基金the financial support from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 22003065)Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 2019-MS-318)+3 种基金Science and Technology Major Project of Liaoning Province (No. 2019JH1/10300002)the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. YJKYYQ20190046)Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (No. DICP I202036)Dalian Outstanding Young Scientific Talent Program (No. 2019RJ10)。
文摘n-Alkanes have been widely used as phase change materials(PCMs) for thermal energy storage applications because of their exceptional phase transition performance, high chemical stability, long term cyclic stability and non-toxicity. However, the thermodynamic properties, especially heat capacity, of n-alkanes have rarely been comprehensively investigated in a wide temperature range, which would be insufficient for design and utilization of n-alkanes-based thermal energy storage techniques. In this study, the thermal properties of n-alkanes(C;H;-C;H;), such as thermal stability, thermal conductivity, phase transition temperature and enthalpy were systematically studied by different thermal analysis and calorimetry methods, and compared with previous results. Thermodynamic property of these n-alkanes was studied in a wide temperature range from 1.9 K to 370 K using a combined relaxation(Physical Property Measurement System, PPMS), differential scanning and adiabatic calorimetry method, and the corresponding thermodynamic functions, such as entropy and enthalpy, were calculated based on the heat capacity curve fitting. Most importantly, the heat capacities and related thermodynamic functions of n-heneicosane and n-docosane were reported for the first time in this work, as far as we know. This research work would provide accurate and reliable thermodynamic properties for further study of n-alkanes-based PCMs for thermal energy storage applications.
