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Design of phase change materials based on salt hydrates for thermal energy storage in a range of 4–40 °C

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Melting temperatures and eutectic mixture compositions of LiNO3–LiClO4–H2O, NaNO3–Ca(NO3)2–H2O and NH4NO3–Mn(NO3)2–Mg(NO3)2–H2O systems were predicted using the modified Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) thermodynamic model. For the ternary system with calcium nitrate and for the quaternary system, it was necessary to estimate the Ωij mixing parameters with solid–liquid equilibrium data, which quantify the interaction between the compounds NaNO3–Ca(NO3)2 and NH4NO3–Mn(NO3)2, respectively. The results calculated with the modified BET thermodynamic model show melting temperatures of 28.3 °C and 27.0 °C for the system with lithium perchlorate, 33.2 °C for the system with calcium nitrate and 4.0 °C for the quaternary system. Calculated values were tested experimentally with the T-history method for the LiNO3–LiClO4–H2O and NH4NO3–Mn(NO3)2–Mg(NO3)2–H2O systems and with the DSC method for the NaNO3–Ca(NO3)2–H2O system. The experimental results of eutectic mixtures predicted in this work present a good thermal behavior and can be useful as phase change materials (PCM) for their application in the design and simulation of refrigeration and air conditioning systems in residential and commercial buildings.

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This work was supported by projects CONICYT/FONDAP Nº 15110019 SERC-Chile, CONICYT/ELAC2015/T06-0988 and CONICYT/FONDECYT/REGULAR Nº 1170675.

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    Jorge A. Lovera-Copa, Svetlana Ushak, Nicole Reinaga, Islaman Villalobos & Franklin R. Martínez

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Lovera-Copa, J.A., Ushak, S., Reinaga, N. et al. Design of phase change materials based on salt hydrates for thermal energy storage in a range of 4–40 °C. J Therm Anal Calorim 139, 3701–3710 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08655-1

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