Study of Phase Change Materials Applied to CPV Receivers

Table 1

The individual characteristics of the three experimental materials [3, 4].

Material	Aluminum	Paraffin wax	Lauric acid
Density (g/cm^3)	2.7	0.9	0.88
Specific heat (solid) (J/g·K)	0.91	2.9	2.4
Specific heat (liquid) (J/g·K)		2.13	2.0
Latent heat of melting (J/g)	321	189	182
Melting point (°C)	660	49	42
Thermal conductivity (solid state) (W/m·k)	167	0.21	0.15
Thermal conductivity (liquid state) (W/m·k)		0.167	0.148