Provided is a heat storage material composition that contains sodium acetate, water, and at least one type of organic compound selected from ethanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and acetic acid, wherein the water content is 72.4 to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by weight of the sodium acetate. Further provided is an auxiliary heat source that uses the heat storage material composition, and a heat supply method.

600913 Disclosed herein is an agent when used in a heat-transfer fluid of a heat exchange system or a coolant of a cooling system, for enhancing the heat conductivity thereof, comprising a nano-scale powder of a first material and a micro-scale powder of a different second material, wherein each particle of the nano-scale powder having a particle size smaller than 100 nanometers, and each particle of the micro-scale powder having a particle size between 100 nanometers and 500 micrometers. The ma...

A component / blister pack 6 for energy storage comprises a plurality of sealed capsules 8 arranged on a carrier 7, wherein at least one of the sealed capsules contains a phase change material (PCM). All or many of the capsules may contain a PCM and formed from a polymeric (PVC) or metallic (aluminium) material. The carrier may be a rigid or flexible sheet of polymeric (PVC) or metallic (aluminium) material and each capsule may be formed integrally from the carrier. The PCM may be an organic, in...

A phase change material pack comprises a laminate of a first conducting panel 64 and a second conducting panel 65 enclosing a portion of phase change material (PCM), and the PCM incorporates thermal conductors 63. The thermal conductors may extend in a transverse direction from one or both the conducting panels, may form hexagonal cells, may be carbon black conductive compound mixed into the PCM. The panels may be corrugated (fig 13), may comprise a plurality of projections 81, may be made from ...

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