Guide

Thermal Analysis for Environmental Industries – Selected Applications

Guide

Techniques for Renewable Energy, Batteries, Phase Change Materials, Biopolymers, and Recycling

The guide presents a variety of useful thermal analysis applications for environmental industries.
The guide presents a variety of useful thermal analysis applications for environmental industries.

Thermal analysis is a well-known technique used in many industries for characterizing the behavior and properties of materials. To demonstrate the value of thermal analysis for environmental technologies, this guide presents a variety of environmental applications where thermal investigations play a key role.

 

Applications for a Diverse Range of Environmental Technologies

Solar and wind energy: Structural performance and behavior of materials, such as composites in wind turbine blades and lamination processes for solar panels.

Biofuels: Thermal behavior, decomposition and OIT of different biofuel types.

Hydrogen storage: Thermal stability of storage materials.

Lithium-ion batteries: Safety, thermal stability, and quality control of component parts.

Phase change materials (PCMs): Phase transitions, enthalpy of fusion, and heat capacity of building and thermal storage materials; how to access the PCM reference library.

Polymer recycling: Composition, thermal behavior, and quality control of materials.