Wood Template-Supported Phase Change Composite for Thermal Energy Applications

Shuang Cui; Charles Booten; Judith Vidal; Yudong Li; Kyle Foster; Xiaowen Chen; Kelsey Lynch; Hongbing Lu; Bernadette Magalindan; Gustavo Perruci

Wood Template-Supported Phase Change Composite for Thermal Energy Applications

Shuang Cui (Inventor)
, Charles Booten (Inventor)
, Judith Vidal (Inventor)
, Yudong Li (Inventor)
, Kyle Foster (Inventor)
, Xiaowen Chen (Inventor)
, Kelsey Lynch (Inventor)
, Hongbing Lu (Inventor)
, Bernadette Magalindan (Inventor)
, Gustavo Perruci (Inventor)

University of Texas at Dallas

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Abstract

Wood template-supported phase change material (PCM) composite having thermal energy storage applications. A wood template-supported PCM may include a wood template that has had at least a portion of its xylan and/or lignin removed and saturated with a PCM. The PCM may be stabilized with a cross linkable network for improved infiltration into the wood template. The wood template-supported PCM composite may be formed by extracting xylan and/or lignin from the wood to create a wood template, densifying at least a portion of the wood template, and inserting a PCM into the wood template.

Original language	American English
Patent number	12,280,518 B2
Filing date	22/04/25
State	Published - 2025

NLR Publication Number

NREL/PT-5500-94583

Keywords

phase change material
stabilizing agent
wood template

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Wood Template-Supported Phase Change Composite for Thermal Energy Applications

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