Myristyl alcohol and fatty acids based binary eutectic phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications

Thermal properties of myristyl alcohol (MAl) - capric acid (CA), myristyl alcohol (MAl)- lauric acid (LA), myristyl alcohol (MAl)-myristic acid (MA), myristyl alcohol (MAl) - palmitic acid (PA) and myristyl alcohol (MAl)- stearic acid (SA) new binary eutectic systems are theoretically calculated using thermodynamic principles. The results show the temperature and latent heat of fusion of these binary systems are found in the range of 19-36 °C and 179-216 kJ/kg respectively. Such computations have already been verified experimentally for other organic materials. Hence, melting temperature and latent heat of fusion of these eutectic mixtures suggest their suitability for solar thermal applications such as building heating and cooling applications.