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Item Effect of processing on microstructure and mechanical properties of pentaglycerine based solid-solid phase change materials(2022-11-25) Serrano, Angel; Garrido, Ignacio; Santos, Sergio; Duran, Mikel; Dauvergne, Jean-Luc; Carmona, Manuel; Palomo Del Barrio, Elena; BIOECONOMÍA Y CO2The present work addresses the lack of reported information about the mechanical properties of solid-solid PCMs, and how these are affected by their processing, considering that they usually incorporate fillers to increase their thermal conductivity. To this end, this work analyzes pentaglycerine (PG) based composites, which are of great interest in TES intended for 80 °C. These composites are also doped with various contents of expanded graphite (EG) with two different particle sizes. With these combinations, the effect of two typical processing methods, pressing and casting, on the microstructure of the composites is evaluated. Furthermore, the mechanical behavior of these composites in both crystal and plastic phases, as well as their thermal expansion during the transition process, is also reported in the current study. Besides demonstrating the important role that processing plays in these properties in PG/EG-based composites, it has been found that the use of EG is also beneficial for mitigating the permanent deformations experienced by these composites during thermal cycling. Finally, the exposed results give the first evidence of the interesting effect these processing methods have on the thermal properties of the composites.Item Protic dialkylammonium-based ionic liquids as promising solid-solid phase change materials for thermal energy storage: Synthesis and thermo-physical characterization(2023-11-20) Lopez-Morales, Jorge L.; Perez-Arce, Jonatan; Serrano, Angel; Dauvergne, Jean Luc; Casado, Nerea; Kottarathil, Aginmariya; Palomo Del Barrio, Elena; Garcia-Suarez, Eduardo J.; Tecnalia Research & InnovationThe widespread deployment of renewable energies such as solar and wind implies the parallel development of energy storage systems to deal with their intermittency. Storing renewable energy as thermal energy is one of the alternatives under constant research. In this regard, phase change materials (PCMs) are able to store large amounts of energy at a nearly constant temperature in the form of latent heat. Nevertheless, most of these PCMs undergo solid-liquid transitions, which hamper their implementation due to leaking issues, forcing the need for containment and increasing the final cost of the TES system. Therefore, a class of PCMs possessing solid-solid transitions has emerged to avoid these problems, the so-called organic ionic plastic crystals (OIPCs). Currently, the scientific literature and the number of OIPCs available for TES are rather scarce. Herein, we present the synthesis, the structural, and the thermo-physical characterization of nine OIPCs based on the dioctylammonium cation combined with different organic and inorganic acids as the anions. Particular attention has been paid to the most characteristic thermal properties of PCMs (latent heat, transition temperature, subcooling, thermal conductivity, and energy storage density), evaluating their thermal stability and the reliability of the most promising materials over thermal cycling as well. Among the prepared OIPCs, 3 of them, [DOA][NO3], [DOA][Cl], and [DOA][FOR], exhibited promising properties with remarkable solid-solid transition enthalpies of 156.6 J/g (at 41.4 °C), 101.2 J/g (at 20.0 °C) and 58.4 J/g (at 29.7 °C), respectively. These 3 OIPCs showed high potential to be used and integrated as PCMs in TES systems at temperatures below 45 °C.Item Sustainable lignin-based polyols as promising thermal energy storage materials(2021-12-10) Perez-Arce, Jonatan; Serrano, Angel; Dauvergne, Jean Luc; Centeno-Pedrazo, Ander; Prieto-Fernandez, Soraya; Palomo Del Barrio, Elena; Garcia-Suarez, Eduardo J.; Perez‐Arce, Jonatan; Centeno‐Pedrazo, Ander; Prieto‐Fernandez, Soraya; Garcia‐Suarez, Eduardo J.; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; GENERALSix lignin-based polyols (LBPs) have been prepared by cationic ring opening polymerization of an oxirane in the presence of an organosolv lignin in tetrahydrofuran (THF) as reaction media and co-monomer. The prepared LBPs have been characterized and tested for the first time as phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage (TES) at low temperature. It was found a strong influence of the LBPs composition on their performance to storage thermal energy. Thus, LBPs with higher THF wt% content and lower oxirane/THF mass ratio exhibit the highest latent heats. Furthermore, a clear inversely proportional trend between the oxirane/THF mass ratio and the melting temperatures of the prepared LBPs was noticed. Among the prepared LBPs, the highest obtained latent heat was 53.7 J/g demonstrating the potential application of lignin as feedstock for PCMs preparation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a biomass derived PCM based on lignin has been studied and considered for TES applications at low temperature. LBPs show energetic solid–liquid transitions that point out their promising potential as bio-PCMs. This work paves the way to introduce new bio-based PCMs from lignin in TES systems, for example, in a more sustainable construction sector.