Experimental Investigations on Electric-Field-Induced Crystallization in Erythritol.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this experimental study was to develop a method to induce crystallization of sugar alcohols using an electric field for its future implementation in latent heat thermal energy storage systems. To better understand the mechanisms behind this approach, the first step of this work was dedicated to the replication, continuation, and consolidation of promising results on erythritol reported by another research group. In the second step, a second experimental configuration, previously used to electrically control the supercooling of other phase change materials, was tested with the same sugar alcohol. For both configurations, the influence of the type of current (DC and AC at different frequencies), its amplitude, and time of exposure were studied. However, none of these tests a

SUBMITTER: Dauvergne JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433852 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature