A determination of the energy storage capacity of the Diels-Alder reaction between methylfuran and maleic anhydride as applied to storing solar energy

Author

Brent Gregory Sparks

Abstract

“The heat storage capacity of the Diels-Alder reaction between 2-methylfuran and maleic anhydride is calculated using reaction parameters obtained from solution calorimetry. An equilibrium constant of .614 1/mol and a heat of reaction of 14.33 Kcal/mole were obtained from experiments at 45°C. A reaction ΔC_p of -21.8 cal/mole was calculated from heat capacity information at 25°C. From these parameters, a solution initially seven molar in methylfuran and maleic anhydride was found to have a maximum apparent volumetric heat capacity of about 1.85 times that of water. This maximum occurs at about 335 K. Typical active solar energy schemes operate between 300 and 400 K. When cycled between these temperatures, this system has an overall apparent heat capacity about 1.5 times that of water. The apparent heat capacity increases as the temperature range is narrowed”—Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Poling, Bruce E.

Committee Member(s)

Book, Neil L.
Stoffer, James O.

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 1981

Pagination

viii, 85 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 58).

Rights

© 1981 Brent Gregory Sparks, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 4751

Print OCLC #

8674348

Electronic OCLC #

1091903456

Link to Catalog Record

http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b1038528~S5

Recommended Citation

Sparks, Brent Gregory, "A determination of the energy storage capacity of the Diels-Alder reaction between methylfuran and maleic anhydride as applied to storing solar energy" (1981). Masters Theses. 4264.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/4264