Solar thermal energy storage device
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsMd. Hasan ZAHIR, Mohammad Mozahar HOSSAIN, Kashif IRSHAD, Khalid R. ALHOOSHANI, Amjad ALI
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Abstract
A solar energy storage device that includes a porous support, which includes nanosheets of MgO arranged to form spherical MgO microparticles, and a phase change material. The phase change material is impregnated into the porous support, that has a bimodal pore distribution having a first mode in a region of 5 nanometer (nm) to 10 nm and a second mode in a region of 25 nm to 75 nm. The spherical MgO microparticles have a mean particle size of 2.5 micrometers (μm) to 10 μm and are formed from nanosheets of MgO having a mean thickness of 5 nm to 150 nm.
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A solar energy storage device, comprising
- a porous support comprising nanosheets of MgO arranged to form spherical MgO microparticles;
- and
- a phase change material, wherein
- the phase change material is impregnated into the porous support;
- the porous support has a bimodal pore distribution having a first mode in a region of 5 to 10 nm and a second mode in a region of 25 to 75 nm;
- and
- the spherical MgO microparticles have a mean particle size of 2.5 to 10 μm and are formed from nanosheets of MgO having a mean thickness of 5 to 150 nm.
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