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Effect of Porosity and PCM Content on Heat-Storage Properties of Foam Copper/Paraffin Composite

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XV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2022” (INTERAGROMASH 2022)

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In this work, we carried out experimental studies of the heat storage properties of composites consisting of copper open cell foam and paraffin. The porosities of copper foam samples were ε = 0.95 and ε = 0.97, the paraffin content was 91% and 96% in copper foam samples with porosity ε = 0.95, and 92% and 98% in samples with porosity ε = 0.97. As a result of experimental studies, we plotted graphs of changes in temperature and heat flux density in the samples during heating, cooling, and phase transition. The research results show that an increased content of paraffin (96%, 98%), as well as a higher porosity of copper foam (ε = 0.97) lead to an increase in the time of heating, cooling and phase transition of the composite sample. So, the paraffin content has a great influence on the heat storage properties of the composite: an increased paraffin content leads to a slower heat accumulation process, however, it allows accumulating more thermal energy. At the same time, the porosity of copper foam is also of great importance: lower porosity makes it possible to accelerate the processes of accumulation and release of heat due to higher effective thermal conductivity compared to samples with higher porosity.

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This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of the state assignment No. 075-01262-22-01 from 28 January 2022(Additional agreement 075-03-2022-151/1 from 31 January 2022).

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    Olga Soloveva, Sergei Solovev, Yuri Vankov, Irina Akhmetova & Rozalina Shakurova

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Soloveva, O., Solovev, S., Vankov, Y., Akhmetova, I., Shakurova, R. (2023). Effect of Porosity and PCM Content on Heat-Storage Properties of Foam Copper/Paraffin Composite. In: Beskopylny, A., Shamtsyan, M., Artiukh, V. (eds) XV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2022”. INTERAGROMASH 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 574. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21432-5_189

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