Investigation of magnesium nitrate hexahydrate based phase change materials containing nanoparticles for thermal energy storage

The magnesium nitrate hexahydrate (MNH) based composite phase change materials (PCMs) have been prepared by adding carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMC) as thickening agent. Different mass fractions of nanoparticles (nanosilver, nanocopper and graphene) have been added independently to enhance the thermal conductivities. The viscosities have been measured for the pure MNH and MNH/CMC composites at liquid state. The thermal conductivities of the solid...