SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2008.268 2008.268 Experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics for a microencapsulated phase change material slurry DiaconuBogdan M. diaconu@utgjiu.ro VargaSzabolcs OliveiraArmando C. New Energy Technologies Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal University “Constantin Brâncuşi”, Tg-Jiu, Romania 24082008 7 1 978-1-995850-08-5 1920 1927 24 August 2008 © 2008 Copyright WSSET 2008

A new microencapsulated PCM slurry (MEPCS) at high concentration (45% w/w) was developed based on microencapsulated Rubitherm RT6. Its heat storage and heat transfer characteristics have been experimentally investigated in order to assess its suitability for integration into a low temperature heat storage system for solar air conditioning applications. Differential scanning calorimetry tests have been conducted to evaluate the cold storage capacity and phase change temperature range. An experimental set-up was built in order to quantify the natural convection heat transfer occurring from a vertical helically coiled tube immersed in the MEPCS. First, tests were carried out using water in order to obtain natural convection heat transfer correlations and then a comparison was made with the results obtained for the MEPCS. It was found that inside the phase change interval the values of the heat transfer coefficient for the MEPCS were significantly higher than for water, under identical temperature conditions.

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