Preparation of Enhanced Thermal Conductive Phase Change Material and Its Application in Thermal Control of Solar Cells

Y. T. He, P. F. Lu, L. X. Xiao, Y. H. Yang

2018

Abstract

The enhanced conductive lauric acid (LA) phase change material was prepared with expanded graphite, aluminum powder and carbon fiber as the thermal conductive filler and its thermal properties were tested and analyzed. The results show that expanded graphite, aluminum powder and carbon fiber thermal filler in LA phase change material does not greatly influences LA phase change temperature. The phase change temperature of the LA phase change material is between 45°C -45.9°C when the mass fraction of thermal conductive filler is 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% and the LA / EG composite phase change material has a low "leakage" threshold. The thermal conductivity reached 1.478 W/m∙K when the EG mass fraction reached 30%. In addition, thermal control system of solar cells was designed using LA / EG phase change material as the thermal control material, and the experimental research on optimal configuration of solar cells and phase change material was carried out. The results show that phase change material has obvious control effect on solar cell temperature, reducing the temperature by 7°C.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

He Y., Lu P., Xiao L. and Yang Y. (2018). Preparation of Enhanced Thermal Conductive Phase Change Material and Its Application in Thermal Control of Solar Cells.In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE, ISBN 978-989-758-344-5, pages 147-154. DOI: 10.5220/0007558201470154

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iwemse18,
author={Y. T. He and P. F. Lu and L. X. Xiao and Y. H. Yang},
title={Preparation of Enhanced Thermal Conductive Phase Change Material and Its Application in Thermal Control of Solar Cells},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE,},
year={2018},
pages={147-154},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007558201470154},
isbn={978-989-758-344-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Environmental Management, Science and Engineering - Volume 1: IWEMSE,
TI - Preparation of Enhanced Thermal Conductive Phase Change Material and Its Application in Thermal Control of Solar Cells
SN - 978-989-758-344-5
AU - He Y.
AU - Lu P.
AU - Xiao L.
AU - Yang Y.
PY - 2018
SP - 147
EP - 154
DO - 10.5220/0007558201470154