A heat storage composite material comprises components by weight: 30-55 parts of organic phase change material, 30-40 parts of two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material, 10-20 parts of lamellar structure graphite, and 0-10 parts of oil-absorbing organic resin. A preparing method include steps of stirring the organic phase change material to disperse on a surface of the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material, and melting them so the organic phase-change material is adsorbed in gaps of the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material; stirring and mixing the lamellar structure graphite and the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material adsorbed with the organic phase change material in a mixer to obtain a mixed material; and placing the mixed material in a lamination mold for lamination treatment to obtain a sheet-shaped heat storage composite material. The heat storage composite material has high thermal conductivity and is not easy to leak.

A method of packing a temperature sensitive product utilizes a temperature controlled product shipper that includes a phase change material bladder which can be filled with a preconditioned brined-slurry PCM at the point of packaging. The temperature sensitive product is contained within a product box or master case, which is in turn packed inside an insulated liner and an outer box. The PCM bladder fits between the master case and the insulated liner and is filled with the preconditioned flowable PCM at the point of packing just before closing the box for shipment.

Disclosed is a method for enhancing thermal energy storage performance of industrial grade hydrated salts based on phase change, comprising: heating an aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts containing 105-130 percent (%) by mass of m.sub.0 industrial grade hydrated salt to m.sub.0, taking a sample for differential scanning calorimeter testing and recording its melting enthalpy as ΔH.sub.1; melting and adding water into, or melting and evaporating the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts or the residual industrial grade hydrated salts system with a mass of m.sub.1 to increase or decrease the mass by 0.4-0.8% m.sub.0 until a melting enthalpy ΔH.sub.n of a sample that taken from the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts with a mass of m.sub.n satisfies ΔH.sub.2< . . . <ΔH.sub.n>ΔH.sub.n+1.

Disclosed is a method for enhancing thermal energy storage performance of industrial grade hydrated salts based on phase change, comprising: heating an aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts containing 105-130 percent (%) by mass of m.sub.0 industrial grade hydrated salt to m.sub.0, taking a sample for differential scanning calorimeter testing and recording its melting enthalpy as ΔH.sub.1; melting and adding water into, or melting and evaporating the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts or the residual industrial grade hydrated salts system with a mass of m.sub.1 to increase or decrease the mass by 0.4-0.8% m.sub.0 until a melting enthalpy ΔH.sub.n of a sample that taken from the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts with a mass of m.sub.n satisfies ΔH.sub.2< . . . <ΔH.sub.n>ΔH.sub.n+1.

Disclosed are systems and methods of flexibly cooling thermal loads by providing a complex compound system for burst mode cooling, a vapor compression system for ancillary cooling, and a thermal storage system for helping efficiently maintain and cool a thermal load such as a directed energy weapon system.

A method for cooling a mixed beverage formed with one or more beverage components includes circulating a refrigerant through a heat exchanger having a phase change material to cool a beverage component and sensing a temperature of the refrigerant. The method further includes detecting a first instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals a threshold refrigerant temperature, detecting a second instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals the threshold refrigerant temperature, and stopping circulation of the refrigerant when the second instance is detected.

A thermal ground plane comprises top and bottom layers that are substantially impervious to fluid and together defining an inner space, a vapour transport mesh layer having a relatively coarse mesh structure and located within said space, and at least one liquid transport mesh layer having a relatively fine mesh structure and located between said vapour transport mesh layer and one of said top and bottom layers, the two said mesh layers being in contact with one another across substantially their entire planar extents. The top and bottom layers are sealed with a substantially fluid tight seal, and said inner space contains a liquid and is partially evacuated.

A fusible, phase-change powder composition includes a plurality of powder particles comprising a polymer composition, an unencapsulated phase-change material, and optionally, an additive composition; wherein the powder composition is fusible at a temperature of 25 to 105° C., or 28 to 60° C., or 45 to 85° C., or 60 to 80° C., or 80 to 100° C.

The invention provides an energy storage apparatus comprising a crucible having a cavity and a channel, a phase change material stored in the cavity of the crucible and a heat exchanger having an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least a portion of the heat exchanger is disposed along the channel. Also provided are methods of reversibly storing and/or extracting energy, and an energy storage array comprising a plurality of energy storage apparatus as described above.

A thermal energy storage system includes one or more containment vessel comprising an internal cavity containing a bed of phase change material (PCM) operable to store thermal energy, an array of heaters embedded in the molten phase change material, and a tube bundle. The heaters are electrically coupled to an electric power source and operable to heat and melt the PCM to a molten state. The tube bundle comprises heat exchanger tubes embedded in the molten PCM and configured to convey a working fluid (e.g., water or other) through a tube-side of the tubes. The tubes may be arranged in plural individual tube cartridge each insertable and removable from the vessel. In operation, the working fluid is heated by absorbing stored thermal energy from the molten phase change material. The PCM may be heated by power extracted from the power grid during off-peak demand periods.