Ke Xiufang
2007
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Materials review
Abstract
Sodium acetate trihydrate(CH_3COONa·3H_2O)has been studied as PCM by many researchers be- cause of its large latent heat of fusion which makes it attractive as a latent heat storage material.Its melting tempera- ture makes it suitable for applications such as solar energy storage for domestic hot water.However,there are two main problems about CH_3 COONa·3H_2O which are supercooling and phase segregation during the phase change.This paper studies mainly about the energy storage property of CH_3COONa·3H_2O with the addition of nucleating agents and thickeners under continuous melting and thawing.