Effect of Core/Shell Ratio on Performance of Paraffin/Polyurea Phase Change Microencapsules

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In this paper, paraffin/polyurea (PU) phase change microencapsules were prepared through an interfacial polymerization method using composite paraffin with solid/liquid mass ratio 3:7 as core materials, 2,4 toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and ethylenediamine (EDA) as monomers, NP-10 as an emulsifier. It was explored the effect of the monomer mass ratio mEDA: mTDI on the yield of hollow PU microcapsules, and the effect of core/shell ratio on the particle size and coating efficiency and storage-energy performance of paraffin/PU phase change microencapsules. The experimental results showed the PU yield is increasing with the increasing of EDA:TDI mass ratio until 0.5:1,then keeps the constant. Paraffin/PU phase change microencapsules prepared with the core-shell ratio of 2:1 have better performance: the melting point of 28.1°C, the enthalpy of 58.4KJ/Kg, encapsulation efficiency of 87.5%, the average particle size of 4.32μm, and the uniform particle size distribution.

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