From: Enhanced thermal conductivity of waste sawdust-based composite phase change materials with expanded graphite for thermal energy storage
Supporting material
Maximum mass fraction of PEG (wt%)
Time required for the ethanol solution with PEG to diffuse into the supporting material(s)
Hydroxyapatite
70 (Wang et al. 2017)
7
Calcium silicate
70 (Qian et al. 2015b)
10
Active carbon
70 (Feng et al. 2011)
11
Sawdust
80
2