Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/G065152/1 | |
| Title | Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Phase-Change Materials: Superior Additives for High-Demand Energy Storage Applications | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 10%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 80%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 10%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr D Mattia No email address given Chemical Engineering University of Bath |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 August 2009 | |
| End Date | 31 July 2012 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £1 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | South West | |
| Programme | Physical Sciences | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr D Mattia , Chemical Engineering, University of Bath (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The proposed project combines complementary expertise on both sides of the Atlantic to address critical challenges in producing nanocomposite materials of immense value to high-demand thermal management and energy storage applications. Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) will be used as highly efficient, nanoscale latent heat storage enhancers in technologies where rapid removal of intense amounts of heat is required. CNTs that hermetically encase phase change materials (PCMs) allow energy storage in the form of latent heat. Due to the higher efficiency of latent heat than sensible heat for absorbing/storing energy, PCM-filled CNTs exhibit enhanced energy capacity over conventional heat transfer media. Conventional heat transfer media (solid or liquid) combined with PCM-filled CNTs will result in superior cooling and thermal storage properties over a temperature range encompassing the PCM phase transitions.The research will create nanocomposites with thermal properties tunable to energy storage/removal applications where high performance standards render traditional heat transfer media ineffective. The approach is novel in that it: 1) increases effective specific heat of the CNT-suspending medium, 2) has the energetic advantage of water liquid/gas phase transitions, 3) allows energy storage not only at a single temperature but in a wide temperature range, 4) confines pressure variations due to these transitions only to the CNT interior, leaving the host medium volume unaffected, 5) encases PCMs in high-strength carbon, which forms an effective chemical barrier between PCM and the surrounding medium, thereby allowing greater flexibility in selecting the active energy storing/releasing chemicals, and 6) utilizes small size particles (CNTs), which minimize pumping power and risk of clogging in microchannels | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 21/09/11 | |
