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- Title
n-Octadecane/Fumed Silica Phase Change Composite as Building Envelope for High Energy Efficiency.
- Authors
Nguyen, Giang Tien; Hwang, Ha Soo; Lee, Jiyoung; Cha, Dong An; Park, In; Mas, Luis Cabedo
- Abstract
A novel n-octadecane/fumed silica phase change composite has been prepared as a building envelope with a high content of phase change material and improved energy efficiency. With a high porosity (88 vol%), the fumed silica provided sufficient space to impregnate a high quantity of n-octadecane (70 wt%). The composite exhibited high latent heat storage capacity (155.8 J/g), high crystallization fraction (96.5%), and a melting temperature of 26.76 °C close to that of pure n-octadecane. A 200 accelerated thermal cycle test confirmed good thermal reliability and chemical stability of the phase change composite. The thermal conductivity of n-octadecane was reduced by 34% after impregnation in fumed silica. A phase change composite panel was fabricated and compared to a commercial polystyrene foam panel. When used as the roof of a test room, the phase change composite panel more efficiently retarded heat transfer from a halogen lamp to the room and delayed the increase in the indoor temperature than that by the polystyrene panel. The indoor temperatures of the room with the phase change composite panel roof were 19.8 and 22.9 °C, while those with the polystyrene panel roof were 29.9 and 31.9 °C at 2200 and 9000 s after lamp illumination.
- Subjects
BUILDING envelopes; SILICA fume; ENERGY consumption; HEAT storage; PHASE transitions; PHASE change materials
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 3, p566
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano11030566