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Nitrate Characterization as Phase Change Materials to Evaluate Energy Storage Capacity

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This research aims to characterize nitrates as phase change materials (PCM) for energy storage in renewable energy systems. Sodium Nitrate (NaNO3), Sodium Nitrite (NaNO2) and Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) have been considered to be characterized by applying differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The heat capacity, thermal stability and microstructure of each material have been evaluated. NaNO2 has the highest enthalpy value (221 kJ.kg−1), has good thermal stability recording a maximum mass loss of 1.7% at 500 °C and its specific heat has been determined to be 1.8 kJ.kg−1.K−1. Generally, all the PCM studied have granular microstructure but have different grain sizes, in addition, they do not have cracks and porosity in their structure.

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Acknowledgments

This research takes part of the project Selection, characterization and simulation of phase change materials for thermal comfort, cooling and energy storage. This project is part of the INEDITA call for R&D research projects in the field of energy and materials. This research takes part of the project P121819, Parque de Energias Renovables founded by Universidad International SEK.

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  1. Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético (IIGE), Quito, Ecuador

    Marco Orozco, Francis Vásquez & Javier Martínez-Gómez

  2. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, EC170525, Ecuador

    Marco Orozco, K. Acurio & A. Chico-Proano

  3. Universidad Internacional SEK Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

    Javier Martínez-Gómez

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK

    A. Chico-Proano

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Orozco, M., Vásquez, F., Martínez-Gómez, J., Acurio, K., Chico-Proano, A. (2021). Nitrate Characterization as Phase Change Materials to Evaluate Energy Storage Capacity. In: Botto-Tobar, M., Zambrano Vizuete, M., Díaz Cadena, A. (eds) Innovation and Research. CI3 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1277. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60467-7_31

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