| Autor: |
Pop LC; Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Arany Janos str. 11, RO-400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania., Baibarac M; Lab. Optical Process in Nanostructured Materials (LOPNM), National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor str. 405 A, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania., Anghel I; Fire Officers Faculty, 'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' Police Academy, Morarilor str. 3, Bucharest, 022451, Romania., Baia L; Advanced Materials and Applied Technologies Laboratory, Institute of Research-Development-Innovation in Applied Natural Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Fantanele str. 30, 400294, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. |
| Abstrakt: |
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the available gypsum based composite including various phase change materials employed to increase the thermal energy storage capacity of building materials. A wide range of materials such as n-alkane, saturated fatty acid, fatty acid esters etc are used as phase change materials. Adding carbonaceous material (carbon nanofibers, activated nanocarbon, graphite nanosheets etc.) to augment some properties is also a common practice. In addition, there are presented the methods of obtaining the nano/macro-composites together with some thermal characteristics of the newly prepared materials. |
