PMID- 35479861 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220428 IS - 2046-2069 (Electronic) IS - 2046-2069 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 49 DP - 2021 Sep 14 TI - Moisture affinity of HDPE/phase-change material composites for thermal energy storage applications. PG - 30569-30573 LID - 10.1039/d1ra03618a [doi] AB - Moisture adsoprtion can degrade the structural integrity of thermal energy storage devices and can negatively impact the capacity and charging/discharging behaviour. Steady-state and transient experiments are conducted at various operating temperatures to evaluate the moisture affinity of organic phase-change material (PCM) shape stabilized with high-density polyethylene (HDPE). CI - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry. FAU - Nawaz, Kashif AU - Nawaz K AD - Multifunctional Equipment Integration Group, Buildings and Transportation Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA. FAU - Freeman, Thomas B AU - Freeman TB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9849-8825 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach FL 32114 USA sandra.boetcher@erau.edu. FAU - Rodriguez, Rafael M AU - Rodriguez RM AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach FL 32114 USA sandra.boetcher@erau.edu. FAU - Boetcher, Sandra K S AU - Boetcher SKS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2975-2073 AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach FL 32114 USA sandra.boetcher@erau.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211108 PL - England TA - RSC Adv JT - RSC advances JID - 101581657 PMC - PMC9041131 COIS- There are no conflicts to declare. EDAT- 2022/04/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/29 06:01 PMCR- 2021/11/08 CRDT- 2022/04/28 06:23 PHST- 2021/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/28 06:23 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/29 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - d1ra03618a [pii] AID - 10.1039/d1ra03618a [doi] PST - epublish SO - RSC Adv. 2021 Nov 8;11(49):30569-30573. doi: 10.1039/d1ra03618a. eCollection 2021 Sep 14.