Thermal Performance of A Multi-layer Composite Containing PEG/laponite as PCMs

Authors

  • Kai Yang Department of Material Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentsk´a 1402/2, Liberec 1, 46117 Czech Republic
  • Mohanapriya Venkataraman Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Material Engineering, Liberec 46117, Czech Republic
  • Yuan-Feng Wang Department of Materials engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 1402/2, Liberec, 46117 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
  • Xiao-Man Xiong Department of Materials engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 1402/2, Liberec, 46117 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
  • Tao Yang Department of Material Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentsk´a 1402/2, Liberec 1, 46117 Czech Republic
  • Jakub Wiener Department of Materials engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 1402/2, Liberec, 46117 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
  • Jiri Militky Dept. of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Textile. Technical University of Liberec Liberec, Czech Republic 461 17
  • Rajesh Mishra Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Material Engineering, Liberec 46117, Czech Republic
  • Jaromir Marek Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovations, Technical University of Liberec, Studentsk´a 1402/2, Liberec, 46117, Czech Republic
  • Guo-Cheng Zhu Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Ju-Ming Yao Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim00330

Keywords:

PEG;Laponite;Multi-layer Composite;Nanofibrous Membrane;PA 6

Abstract

Six phase change materials (PCMs) were prepared by blending polyethylene glycol (PEG) with laponite powders (LP) at different ratios (PEG:LP, 100:0, 97:3, 96:4, 91:9, 88:12 and 85:15) under 100◦C firstly. A multi-layer composite consisting of a PCM loaded layer, a nano barrier layer and a protective layer was used to hold PEG/LP PCMs. SEM was used to observe the morphological structure of multi-layer composites containing PEG/LP composites. DSC revealed the melting temperature, the cooling temperature and the enthalpy of PEG and laponite as PCM. The thermal insulation of all the composites containing PEG/LP was evaluated under 78◦C. The results gave that the multi-layer composite containing PCM was obtained and a better adhesion of between the PCM loaded layer, the nano barrier layer and the protective layer was found. LP functionalized as a nucleating agent to accelerate the crystallization of PEG and 15wt% LP in PCM resulted in a disordered PEG molecular. The composites with more laponite had the higher thermal insulation and highest value reached 0.25.

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Published

2020-08-05

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020)

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