SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2013.110 2013.110 Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) Suspension: Newtonian or non-Newtonian fluid? QiuZhongzhu qiuzhongzhu@shiep.edu.cn ZhaoXudong AliSamira A. LiPeng School of Engineering, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, UK School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, 2103 Pingliang Road, Shanghai, China Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, China 26082013 12 1 9789881543950 1014 1019 26 August 2013 © 2013 Copyright WSSET 2013

Firstly the classification and advantages of phase change material (PCM) fluid were described. Then the experimental and theoretical studies were reviewed. The influencing factors on the viscosity of the suspensions with solid sphere were listed and discussed. Then a dimensional analysis of viscosity of the suspensions was conducted. The criterion for evaluating on what conditions or MPCM suspension shows Newtonian or non-Newtonian behavior was put forward based on dimensional analysis and viscosity predicting model. The principle on how to keep a suspension behaving Newtonian flow property was proposed and some further research opportunities were presented.

 Microencapsulated Phase Change Material(MPCM) Suspension Slurry Newtonian fluid non-Newtonian fluid 26 to 29 August 2013 12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET2013 12 Hong Kong, China