Thermal Energy Storage Systems Utilizing Phase Change Materials
AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.
InventorsAnantharaman Dhanabalan, Rajkumar Karthikeyan, Nitesh Kumar Shet, Venkata Ramanarayanan Ganapathy Bhotla
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Abstract
A thermal energy storage system utilizes a phase change material with an encapsulating material surrounding the phase change material. The encapsulating material fully contains the phase change material to prevent passage of the phase change material out of the encapsulating material and/or prevent direct contact of the phase change material with external objects. The encapsulating material is a high density polyethylene (HDPE), which may be a non-crosslinked or crosslinked HDPE. In a method of forming a thermal energy storage system a phase change material is surrounded with the encapsulating material.
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A thermal energy storage system comprising:
- a phase change material;
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- an encapsulating material surrounding the phase change material so that the phase change material is fully contained therein to prevent passage of the phase change material out of the encapsulating material and/or prevent direct contact of the phase change material with external objects, the encapsulating material being a high density polyethylene (HDPE).
A method of forming a thermal energy storage system comprising:
- surrounding a phase change material with an encapsulating material so that the phase change material is fully contained therein to prevent passage of the phase change material out of the encapsulating material and/or to prevent direct contact of the phase change material with external objects, the encapsulating material being a high density polyethylene (HDPE).
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