Effects of Biceramic AlN-SiC Microparticles on the Thermal Properties of Paraffin for Thermal Energy Storage

Table 3

Experimental values of DSC analysis for the fabricated composite PCMs and pure paraffin.

Sample	Run	Phase change temperature (°C)			Latent heat (J/g)
		Paraffin (P)	Endo	47.22		55	58.21	135.02
Exo	53.45		49.93	42.81	142.68
P + 5AlN	Endo	47.16	54.39	58.14	131.28
	Exo	53.74	50.74	43.01	139.57
P + 5SiC	Endo	48.17	54.89	58.49	130.2
	Exo	53.98	50.26	43.14	140.57
P + 5SiC@AlN	Endo	47.39	54.5	58.61	137.69
	Exo	53.73	50.48	42.87	146.8

Endo: endothermic run; Exo: exothermic run.