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Item Design and Fabrication of a Phase Change Material Heat Storage Device for the Thermal Control of Electronics Components of Space Applications(2022-02-28) Garmendia, Iñaki; Vallejo, Haritz; Seco, Miguel; Anglada, Eva; MAQUINAS; CIRMETALIn this paper, the design and validation of a heat storage device based on phase change materials are presented, with the focus on improving the thermal control of micro-satellites. The main objective of the development is to provide a system that is able to keep electronics within safe temperature ranges during the operation of manoeuvres, while reducing mass and volume in comparison to other thermal control techniques. Due to the low thermal conductivity of phase change materials, the conductivity of the device as a whole is one of the major challenges of the development. This issue has been solved by means of the use of a lattice of aluminium fins. The thermal behaviour of the proposed solution is assessed with numerical simulation tools, and the results prove that the developed phase change material-based thermal control technique is able to provide the suitable integrated thermal management of micro-satellites. Fabrication challenges found in the project are also explained. Numerical results are validated through a testing stage. The predicted temperature profiles are in good agreement with experimental data and inside the range foreseen for the heat storage device.Item NPG–TRIS Thermal Storage System. Quantification of the Limiting Processes: Sublimation and Water’s Adsorption: Sublimation and water’s adsorption(2021-10-05) De La Pinta, Noelia; Santos-Moreno, Sergio; Doppiu, Stephania; Igartua, Josu M.; Palomo del Barrio, Elena; López, Gabriel A.; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; BIOECONOMÍA Y CO2The NPG–TRIS binary system (NPG = (CH3)2C(CH2OH)2 = 2,2-dimetyl-1,3-propanodiol; TRIS = NH2C(CH2OH)3 = 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol) was intensively investigated as a thermal energy storage system, due to the reversibility of its phase transitions and their associated energy. An adapted methodology was applied to precisely quantify its sublimation tendency. Relevant thermochemical data were revisited and evaluated using some specific experimental procedures. We also determined that the widely accepted requirement of working in an inert atmosphere to avoid deviations due to hygroscopicity is not necessary. Nevertheless, to take advantage of the energetic properties of the NPG–TRIS system, closed containers will be required to avoid NPG losses, due to its quantitatively determined high sublimation tendency.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.