Phase Diagrams and Thermal Properties of Fatty Acid Ternary Eutectic Mixtures for Latent Heat Thermal Energy.

Dongyi Zhou, Fanchen Zhou, Jiawei Yuan, Zhifu Liu, Yicai Liu

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Fabrication and thermal performance of ternary fatty acid/expanded graphite form-stable composite phase change materials.iScience · 2026
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Dongyi ZhouSchool of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8486-8119

Fanchen ZhouSchool of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China.

Jiawei YuanSchool of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China.

Zhifu LiuNingbo Longhui Electromechanical Engineering Co., Ltd., Ningbo 315000, China.

Yicai LiuSchool of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

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This research was funded by the Ningbo Longhui Electromechanical Engineering Co., Ltd 38024203 and 38025234

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Abstract

This study utilized capric acid (CA), lauric acid (LA), myristic acid (MA), palmitic acid (PA), and stearic acid (SA) as alternative feedstocks to conduct theoretical analyses on ten fatty acid-based ternary eutectic systems. By leveraging the Schrader equation, phase diagrams for each system were constructed, and their theoretical eutectic points were calculated. The CA-LA-MA (capric acid-lauric acid-myristic acid) ternary system was selected as a representative for experimental fabrication: differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was employed to characterize its thermal properties, while Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to assess its functional group composition and thermal stability, respectively. Theoretical calculations indicate that the ten ternary eutectic systems exhibit melting temperatures ranging from 17.11 °C to 37.61 °C, with phase change latent heats spanning 167.8 J·g

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fatty acidphase diagramsternary eutectic mixturesthermal properties

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PMID41598067

DOI10.3390/ma19020356

PMCPMC12843165

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