Production of Sustainable Energy Storage Biocomposites
The incorporation of phase change materials (PCMs) into biomass supports promotes sustainable bio-products. Pomegranate peel (PP) waste was used as a supporting material, with paraffin wax (PW) as PCM. The manufacturing process was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) and Box-Behnken Design (BBD) to ensure the maximum PCM loading ratio. The effective factors in this process were density, impregnation time, and particle size. Analysis of variance indicated that the proposed quadratic model fitted well the experimental results with predicted and adjusted coefficients of 0.81 and 0.94 respectively. Optimal conditions were found to be 0.5 g/cm<sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> density, 0.315 mm particle size, and 30 minutes impregnation time. At these conditions PCM loading rate was almost 50%. This bio-composite offers a sustainable option for thermal energy storage applications.
Authors
- Samia Ben-Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9560-4821)
- Fouzia Achchaq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-5352)
- Hanen Nouri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2229-9157)
- Khadija El-Arbi
- Najoua Mekaddema
- Philippe Legrosd
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Arts et Métiers (FR)
- HESAM Université (FR)
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (FR)
- University of Gabès (TN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/imc-ssgp63352.2024.10919781
- Primary Topic
- Architecture and Computational Design
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00