摘要:
Improved thermal energy storage materials, devices and systems employing the same and related methods. The thermal energy storage materials may include a phase change material that includes a metal-containing compound. This invention is directed at methods of encapsulating thermal energy storage materials, devices containing encapsulated thermal energy storage materials, and capsular structures for encapsulating thermal energy storage materials.
摘要:
A device for storing and discharging heat that employs thermal energy storage materials (TESM) and related methods of manufacturing the device. The device includes a housing, an array of capsules within the housing, and TESM contained in the capsules. The device exhibits a high initial power density. The TESM is encapsulated between metal plies. The metal plies may have a thickness on the order of 10−1 to 102 μm. The capsules may have a thickness from 0.5 mm to 20 mm. The volume fraction of TESM in the housing may be 0.5 or more. The housing includes an inlet, an outlet, and one or more flow paths for flowing a heat transfer fluid through the housing. The flow paths and the capsules are arranged so that the device has the required average initial power density.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a thermal energy storage material (TESM) system (and associated methods) that reproducibly stores and recovers latent heat. The Thermal energy storage material system comprises i) at least one first metal containing material including at least one first metal compound that includes a nitrate ion, a nitrite ion, or both; and ii) at least one second metal containing material including at least one second metal compound. The thermal energy storage material system may water. If any water is present in the thermal energy storage material system, the water concentration should be less than about 10 wt. %. The thermal energy storage material has a liquidus temperature, TL, from about 100° C. to about 250° C. and exhibits a heat storage density from 300° C. to 80° C. of at least about 1 MJ/l, so that upon being used in a system that generates heat, at least a portion of the heat is captured and stored by the thermal energy storage material and subsequently released for use. The thermal energy storage material system is generally resistant to corrosion at temperatures of about 300° C. Exemplary metal compounds include one or more cations selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Be, Mg, Ca, Al, and Ga.
摘要:
A cross-metathesized product mixture is prepared by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more chemically distinguishable ethylenically unsaturated polymers, at least one of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (first polymer) having from 0.001 to 50 mole percent unsaturation and at least one other of said ethylenically unsaturated polymers (second polymer) being an amorphous polymer having a Tg less than 0° C. and having from 0.001 to 5 mole percent unsaturation.
摘要:
Meta-block copolymers and a process for preparing a product mixture comprising meta-block copolymers by contacting a metathesis catalyst under metathesis conditions with a composition comprising two or more ethylenically unsaturated polymers, said unsaturation defining one or more polymer segments in each ethylenically unsaturated polymer, at least one polymer segment in at least one ethylenically unsaturated polymer being chemically distinguishable from at least one polymer segment in at least one other ethylenically unsaturated polymer, characterized in that each meta-block copolymer in the product mixture comprises a random distribution of said chemically distinguishable polymer blocks.
摘要:
A thermal energy storage material (TESM) system (and associated methods) that reproducibly stores and recovers latent heat comprising i) at least one first metal containing material including at least one first metal compound that includes a nitrate ion, a nitrite ion, or both; ii) at least one second metal containing material including at least one second metal compound; and iii) optionally including water, wherein the water concentration if any is present is less than about 10 wt. %; wherein the TESM has a liquidus temperature, TL, from about 100° C. to about 250° C.; and wherein the TESM exhibits a heat storage density from 300° C. to 80° C. of at least about 1 MJ/l; so that upon being used in a system that generates heat, at least a portion of the heat is captured and stored by the TESM and subsequently released for use, and the system is generally resistant to corrosion at temperatures of about 300° C.
摘要:
A composition consisting essentially of:A) a syndiotactic monovinylidene aromatic polymer, andB) a random interpolymer of an aliphatic alpha-olefin and a vinyl aromatic monomer, wherein the random interpolymer contains greater than 40 weight percent vinyl aromatic monomer.
摘要:
A polymer blend comprising:a) a syndiotactic monovinylidene aromatic polymer,b) a polyamide,c) a compatibilizing polymer for a) and b),d) a rubbery polyolefin impact modifier, optionally extended with an oil,e) a domain forming rubbery polymer,f) a polar group functionalized rubbery polyolefin, andg) optionally, a compatibilizing polymer for a) and d).
摘要:
The present invention is a multilayered composite comprising an inner core layer of a crystalline polymer and a glass filler, and an outer skin layer of a crystalline polymer and a mineral filler wherein the outer skin layer surrounds the inner core layer.
摘要:
A foam pulse rheometer measures the total integrated stress response of a foaming polymer to a short duration strain pulse applied to the polymer, from which can be calculated the equilibrium modulus and the zero shear viscosity of the foaming polymer during the foaming reaction. A shear plate mounted to a load cell above a jacket extends downwardly into a foaming polymer within the jacket. Under the application of a vertical square wave strain pulse to the jacket, the load cell senses the shear force exerted upon the shear plate by the foaming polymer. Simultaneously, a video camera and recorder monitors the surface area of the plate acted upon by the jacket. For each pulse, simultaneously occurring discrete sensed force values and discrete monitored surface area values can be used to compute the total integrated stress response, from which can be calculated the equilibrium modulus and the zero shear viscosity. By applying successive strain pulses during the foaming process, until the polymer tears away from the plate, the evolution of the equilibrium modulus can be studied throughout the course of the foaming reaction.