期刊
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
卷 30, 期 10, 页码 1164-1169出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.032
关键词
Paraffin waxes; PCM; Styrene; Microencapsulation; Building
资金
- Acciona Infraestructuras S.A.
The feasibility of incorporating microcapsules containing Phase Change Materials (PCMs), previously obtained by a suspension polymerization process, in gypsum wallboards to increase the wall energy storage capacity was studied. Firstly, the energy storage capacity of the resulting microcapsules and the microencapsulation efficiency was maximized by studying the influence of the synthesis variable core/coating mass ratio on the suspension polymerization process. Results indicate that the higher paraffin wax to styrene monomer mass ratio, the lower microencapsulation efficiency. A mass ratio of Rubitherm (R) RT27 to styrene monomer equal 1.5 allowed to obtain microcapsules with the highest energy storage capacity and a good microencapsulation efficiency. It was also observed that the energy storage capacity is dependent on the particle size; the maximum capacity was obtained for a particle size of 500 mu m. Finally, the thermal behaviour of three gypsum wallboards one without PCMs and the others doped with 4.7% and 7.5% by weight of microcapsules containing Rubitherm (R) RT27 at the optimal core/coating mass ratio was studied. Results showed that the higher the amount of microcapsules containing PCMs incorporated to the gypsum wallboard, the lower or higher the external wall temperature for heating or cooling process, respectively. Besides, the incorporation of the microcapsules to the wall increased the time required to achieve the final steady state, verifying that the material insulation capacity was enhanced by increasing PCMs content in the wall. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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