Unconventional experimental technologies available for phase change materials (PCM) characterization. Part 1. Thermophysical properties

Luisa Cabeza (1) , Camila Barreneche (1) , Ingrid Martorell (1) , Laia Miró , Sana Sari-Bey (2) , Magali Fois (2) , Halime Paksoy , Nurten Sahan , Robert Weber , Mariaella Constantinescu , Elena Maria Anghel , Marta Malikova , Igor Krupa , Mónica Delgado , Pablo Dolado , Piotr Furmanski , Maciej Jaworski , Thomas Haussmann , Stefan Gschwander , A. Inés Fernández

1 GREA Innovació Concurrent
2 CERTES EA 3481 - Centre d'Etudes et Recherches en Thermique, Environnement et Systèmes [Créteil]

The use of thermal energy storage by phase change materials (PCM) is increasing in interest for building applications. For the deployment of the technology, appropriate characterization of PCM and hybrid PCM is essential, but it is not always possible to carry it out with conventional equipment, mainly due to the sample size. This paper shows equipment developed in different research centers and universities to analyze thermophysical properties, such as specific heat, latent heat and melting temperature, and thermal conductivity and diffusivity of PCM and hybrid PCM materials.

Mots clés: PCM - Phase change materials; Thermophysical properties

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Luisa Cabeza, Camila Barreneche, Ingrid Martorell, Laia Miró, Sana Sari-Bey, et al.. Unconventional experimental technologies available for phase change materials (PCM) characterization. Part 1. Thermophysical properties. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, 43, pp.1399-1414. ⟨10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.191⟩. ⟨hal-04332467⟩