Thermophysical Comparison of Five Commercial Paraffin Waxes as Latent Heat Storage Materials
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Thermophysical properties of phase change materials (PCM) are of utmost importance in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) applications. Therefore, an experimental study is conducted in order to determine thermophysical properties of five technical grade paraffin waxes produced by major Croatian oil company, INA d.d. Rijeka. The temperatures and enthalpies of melting and solidification (latent heat capacity) and specific heat capacities of solid and liquid paraffin waxes were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermal diffusivity of paraffin waxes was determined utilizing transient method. The importance of eliminating phase transformation interferences to thermophysical properties determination is addressed. The densities and the coefficient of thermal expansion were measured using Archimedes methods. A self-adopted simple and inexpensive laboratory procedure for the determination of liquid density as a temperature function is presented. Finally, the thermal conductivities have been calculated from measured densities, heat capacities and diffusivities. Based on results obtained, the investigated paraffin waxes were evaluated in regard to their applicability as PCM for LHTES.
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