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Waste Semi-coke Ash for Fabrication of Form-Stable Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage

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Massive accumulation of solid waste semi-coke ash (SCA) produced in industrial processes will damage local environment. To recycle SCA and fabricate low-cost thermal energy storage materials, the idea of fabricating the form-stable phase change materials (FSPCMs) with SCA as skeleton material and solar salt (SS) as phase change material was proposed innovatively. Seven FSPCMs with different SS content were prepared by compression and sintering method, and key performances were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, constant-speed pressurization method, scanning electron microscopy, sessile drop method and X-ray diffraction. The research found that the sample A55 with 50 wt% SS showed the best performance; the thermal energy storage density of sample A55 was 483 J/g in the range of 100 to 450 °C; the compressive strength of sample A55 reached 86.12 MPa; the sample A55 had excellent chemical compatibility and thermal stability.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Scientific Research Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission under Project [Grant Number KM201910016011]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project [Grant Number 3151001]; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project [Grant Number 51976203].

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This work was supported by the Scientific Research Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission under Project [Grant Number KM201910016011]; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project [Grant Number 3151001]; and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Project [Grant Number 51976203].

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  2. Research Center of Shanxi Province for Solar Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China

    Dong Guo, Hantao Liu, Yaohui Zhang & Yingchun Wang

  3. Key Laboratory of HVAC, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, China

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Guo, D., Liu, H., Zhang, Y. et al. Waste Semi-coke Ash for Fabrication of Form-Stable Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage. Waste Biomass Valor 14, 2419–2432 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-022-02005-3

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