TY - JOUR
TI - Enhanced thermal characteristics of CuO embedded lauric acid phase change material
AU - Ayyasamy Leema Rose
AU - Mohan A
AU - Rex Lawrence Kanagaraj
AU - Sivakumar Vidhya Lakshmi
AU - Vijayan Dhanasingh Sivalinga
AU - Sivasamy P
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2022
VL - 26
IS - 2
SP - 1615
EP - 1621
PT - Article
AB - A new composite Phase change material (PCM) was fabricated by adding 0.05,  0.1, 0.15, 0.2 wt% CuO nanoparticles (NPs) into lauric acid, separately.  Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the morphological  structures of as-prepared nanoparticles, and XRD analysis was used to  characterize their crystalline structure. The phase change properties (phase  change temperatures and latent heats) of lauric acid and composite PCMs were  obtained using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Using a laser flash  analyzer (LFA), the thermal conductivity enhancement of the composite PCMs  was evaluated. The thermal reliability analysis was implemented to ascertain  the results of the composite PCMs over long periods.