Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2016, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (12): 1366-1374.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2016.12.160102

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Research Progress on Compatibility of Heat Exchanger and Phase Change Materials

JIN Yia,HUANG Xinyub,WU Wenhaob,SONG Pengxianga,YANG Cenyua,YAO Ruiminb,ZOU Ruqiangb*()   

  1. aGlobal Energy Interconnection Research Institute,Beijing 102209,China
    bCollege of Engineering,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China
  • Received:2016-03-10 Accepted:2016-06-14 Published:2016-12-05 Online:2016-12-05
  • Contact: ZOU Ruqiang
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the NSFC-EPSRC Collaborative Research Initiative Grid-Scale Storage for Intermittency(No.51361135702), State Grid Corp Sci. & Tec. Project(No.SGRI-DL-71-14-011)

Abstract:

Phase change materials(PCM) are used for thermal energy storage through the large energy released and received during phase change. Owing to the high energy density, PCM can be utilized in building thermal comforting, concentrated solar power and thermal transport and conversion at high temperature. Heat exchangers are used to transfer thermal energy between fluids and play a crucial role in enhancing energy efficiency of thermal energy storage devices which employ phase change materials as the storage unit. To guarantee the performance stability and usage safety, the compatibility between heat exchangers and phase change materials are extensively investigated. Herein, we give a comprehensive literature review on this topic. The presented overall study can be a reference for heat exchanger material selection.

Key words: heat exchanger, phase change material, compatibility