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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
Sunamp Limited, East Lothian, GB;
Andrew John Bissell, East Lothian, GB;
David Oliver, East Lothian, GB;
Colin Richard Pulham, East Lothian, GB;
Emily Jane Goddard, East Lothian, GB;
Gylen Odling, East Lothian, GB;
Kate Fisher, East Lothian, GB;
SUNAMP LIMITED, East Lothian, GB;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein metal nitrate hydrates as phase change materials (PCMs). More particularly, there is disclosed herein metal nitrate hydrate PCMs containing group II metal nitrates as nucleation agents. A further disclosure herein is the combination of multiple chemical species in the PCM formulation which act together to induce nucleation of metal nitrate PCMs. Furthermore, physical mechanisms by which nucleation of metal nitrate hydrate based PCMs and crystallisation rate increased are disclosed.