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Development And Characterization Of Stable Low-Cost Salt Hydrate-Based Phase Change Materials For Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Damilola Olayinka Akamo

Doctoral Dissertations

Energy storage technologies are gaining attention due to rising utilization of renewable energy sources. One of the viable energy storage technologies is thermal energy storage (TES) in which system stores and releases thermal energy for various uses. Applications for TES systems include building systems, space heating and cooling, and refrigeration. Several TES systems use phase change materials (PCMs) to operate near-isothermally owing to phase change latent heat. Inorganic salt hydrate PCMs are popular because to their inexpensive cost, high energy density, and near ambient phase transition temperature. However, salt hydrate PCMs have phase separation, low thermal conductivity, and supercooling issues …