The invention relates to a composition comprising 50-99 wt. % of Na.sub.2SO.sub.4.10H.sub.2O and 0.1-5.0 wt. % of an alginic acid salt. Such composition may advantageously be used as a phase change material since the composition (and a pouch comprising the composition) remains flexible during the phase change. This was also the case when subjected to a high number of subsequent cycles of heating and cooling.

The present invention provides an energy-storing temperature control material, and belongs to the technical field of temperature control materials. In the energy-storing temperature control material provided in the present invention, the organic synthetic fiber based phase-change material has a three-dimensional dispersion effect, and can form a network constraint for remaining phase-change materials to reinforce mechanical properties of the materials, thereby fixing shapes of the materials and avoiding a liquid-crystal phase separation phenomenon in the phase-change process. The phase-change energy storage agent can absorb and release the heat by means of solid-liquid phase conversion of the material, to achieve the temperature control effect; and the phase-change temperature regulator can regulate a phase-change temperature range of the phase-change material, to make the energy-storing temperature control material suitable for climatic features of northern China.

A latent heat storage body microcapsule includes a core including gallium or gallium alloy; and a shell covering the core and including gallium oxide. A method for producing the same includes a particle-forming step of forming gallium or an alloy of gallium in a liquid state into particles; a water treatment step of heating the particles in distilled water to form a gallium hydrate on a surface of each of the particles; and an oxidation treatment step of oxidizing the gallium hydrate to form a shell including gallium oxide. The method includes a particle-forming step of forming gallium or an alloy of gallium in a liquid state into particles; a cooling step of cooling the particles to a solid state; and a pH treatment step of immersing the particles in an aqueous solution having a predetermined pH to form a shell including gallium hydrate.

The invention relates to an electric winding body which has improved performance characteristics as a result of being impregnated with a thermoplastic material filled with phase change material. These performance characteristics relate to improved heat dissipation, vibration damping, fixing of the coils, and improved protection against overheating by utilizing the sensitive and latent heat storage properties when the polymer units transition from the semi-crystalline state into the amorphous state.

Polyurethane foams that are hydrophilic but nonetheless have low compression sets are made from a combination of MDI and TDI prepolymers, water, and a polymer polyol. The foams optionally are made incorporating a phase change material in the foam formulation. The phase change material does not require encapsulation.

Polyurethane foams that are hydrophilic but nonetheless have low compression sets are made from a combination of MDI and TDI prepolymers, water, and a polymer polyol. The foams optionally are made incorporating a phase change material in the foam formulation. The phase change material does not require encapsulation.

The invention relates to a method for maintaining the temperature of fluid media in pipes even in the event of an interruption of the fluid media flow. In a first step, a heat reservoir layer (1) is produced comprising a latent heat reservoir material (2) and a matrix material (3). In a second step, the heat reservoir layer (1) is either arranged around a pipe (4) and subsequently encased with a heat damping material (5) or the heat reservoir layer (1) is brought into contact with heat damping material (5), whereby a heat reservoir damper composite (51) is obtained, and the pipe (4) is then encased with the heat reservoir damper composite (51) such that the heat reservoir layer (1) of the heat reservoir damper composite (51) lies between the pipe (4) and the heat damping material (5) of the heat reservoir damping composite (51).

A burst-resistant, dispersible nano-encapsulated phase-change material includes at least one phase change core material and a shell. The shell includes the reaction product of a plurality of non-phase change materials comprising at least one monomer, an initiator, a crosslinker and at least one surfactant. The shell surrounds at least one phase change core material and is formed by low-energy emulsification followed by polymerization of a mixture of the phase change core material and the plurality of non-phase change materials in water. The mass ratio between at least one phase change core material and the plurality of non-phase change materials is 5-15:10. The nano-encapsulated phase-change material after said low-energy emulsification and polymerization has a particle size ranging between 50 and 500 nm and a heat of fusion of 60 J/g or greater.

A processor cooling system may include a processor, a shell having an interior thermally coupled to the processor to receive heat from the processor and a mass of solid to liquid (STL) phase change material filling the shell.

In an aspect, a layered phase change composite comprises a phase change layer comprising a phase change material, a plurality of boron nitride particles, and a binder; and a first capping layer and a second capping layer located on opposing sides of the phase change layer. In another aspect, a method of making the layered phase change composite comprises forming the first capping layer from a first composition; forming the phase change layer from a phase change composition, wherein the forming the phase change layer comprises vibrating the phase change composition on a 3-directional vibration stage; and forming the second capping layer from a second composition.