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Thermomechanical Characterization of Waste Based TESM and Assessment of Their Resistance to Thermal Cycling up to 1000 °C

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The aim of this work has consisted to study the ability of an innovative thermal energy storage material called Cofalit to withstand thermal shocks under repeated thermal cycles up to 1000 °C. Starting thermomechanical properties (Young’s modulus and thermal expansion coefficient) have also been characterized from room temperature to 1000 °C respectively by non destructive pulse-echography technique and standard dilatometric equipment. As these parameters are strongly dependent on the microstructure evolutions of such Cofalit materials when the temperature evolves, complementary scanning electron microscopy observations have been performed. With a concentrating solar test facility, severe thermal cycles have been imposed at the surface of the tested materials between 500 and 1000 °C. Critical shock and ageing experimental results up to 2500 °C emphasize the sufficient refractoriness. This study highlights the wide potential of this Cofalit material for high temperature applications.

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Abbreviations

ACW:

Asbestos containing waste

CAES:

Compressed air energy system

EDS:

Energy dispersive spectrometry

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TES:

Thermal energy storage

TESM:

Thermal energy storage material

STESM:

Sustainable thermal energy storage material

GHG:

Green house gas

E:

Young’s modulus (GPa)

CTE:

Coefficient of thermal expansion (×10−6 K−1)

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Acknowledgments

The project has been supported by the Grant of the French government through the funding of the ANR Stock-E research program SESCO. A very special acknowledgement is dedicated to the French company Europlasma/Inertam for the supplying of numerous samples of ceramics made by vitrification of asbestos containing wastes. The authors also acknowledge the contributions of Mr G. Dejean for the measurement of mechanical properties and to M. Guillot for the design of the temperature control loop.

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    Present address: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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  1. PROMES CNRS UPR-8521, University of Perpignan Via Domitia, Rambla de la Thermodynamique Tecnosud, 66100, Perpignan, France

    Antoine Meffre, Xavier Py & Nicolas Calvet

  2. Groupe d’Etude des Matériaux Hétérogènes (GEMH), Centre Européen de la Céramique (CEC), 12 rue Atlantis, 87068, Limoges Cedex, France

    Nicolas Tessier-Doyen

  3. Laboratoire de Science des Procédés Céramiques et Traitement de Surface (SPCTS), UMR CNRS 6638, Centre Européen de la Céramique (CEC), 12 Rue Atlantis, 87068, Limoges Cedex, France

    Marc Huger

  4. Eco-Tech-Ceram co., INSOL - Site Carnot, Rambla de la Thermodynamique Tecnosud, 66100, Perpignan, France

    Antoine Meffre

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Meffre, A., Tessier-Doyen, N., Py, X. et al. Thermomechanical Characterization of Waste Based TESM and Assessment of Their Resistance to Thermal Cycling up to 1000 °C. Waste Biomass Valor 7, 9–21 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-015-9431-y

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