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Post-Pyrolytic Carbon as a Phase Change Materials (PCMs) Carrier for Application in Building Materials

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This article covers new application for char as a carrier of phase-change materials (PCM) that could be used as an additive to building materials. Being composed of bio-char and PCM, the granulate successfully competes with more expensive commercial materials of this type, such as Micronal® PCM. As a PCM carrier, char that was obtained from the pyrolysis of chestnut fruit (Aesculus hippocastanum) with different absorbances of the model phase-change material, Rubitherm RT22, was tested. DSC analysis elucidated several thermal properties (such as enthalpy, phase transition temperature, and temperature peak) of those mixtures and the results were compared with a commercial equivalent, Micronal DS 5040 X. Comparative research, approximating realistic conditions, were also performed by cooling and heating samples in a form of coatings that were made from chars with different content of RT22. These results indicated that the use of char as a PCM carrier was not only possible, but also beneficial from a thermodynamic point of view and it could serve as an alternative to commercial products. In this case, adsorption RT22 into char allowed for temperature stabilization comparable to Micronal DS 5040 X with ease of use as well as the economic advantages of being very low cost to produce due to microencapsulation. Other advantage of the proposed solution is related with the application of char obtained from waste biomass pyrolysis as a PCM carrier, and using this product in building construction to improve thermal comfort and increase energy efficiency.

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artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
Materials no. 13, pages 1 - 18,
ISSN: 1996-1944
Language:
English
Publication year:
2020
Bibliographic description:
Ryms M., Januszewicz K., Kazimierski P., Łuczak J., Klugmann-Radziemska E., Lewandowski W.: Post-Pyrolytic Carbon as a Phase Change Materials (PCMs) Carrier for Application in Building Materials// Materials -Vol. 13,iss. 6 (2020), s.1-18
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma13061268
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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