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The commercial shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) products are obtained from synthetic raw materials. These materials are produced from carbon-intensive petroleum-refining processes. The carbon footprint can be minimized by using biobased products. Beeswax is a naturally available PCM with high phase transition enthalpy comparable to synthetic PCMs. In the previous literature studies, beeswax was shape-stabilized with synthetic materials. In the present study, beeswax was shape-stabilized with biopolymer ethyl cellulose by emulsion solvent evaporation method. The study aims to determine optimum microencapsulation process parameter levels for synthesizing microcapsules with high thermal energy storage (TES) capacity. The optimized process parameters for formulating microcapsules were 60:40 core/shell ratio, 2% PVA concentration, ethyl acetate solvent, and 40°C evaporation temperature. The microcapsules prepared with optimized process parameters were characterized using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), T-history analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscope, and scanning electron microscope (SEM). FTIR and SEM analysis confirmed ethyl cellulose shell formation over the beeswax core. The optimized MPCM formulation possesses 115.8 J/g melting enthalpy with peak phase transition temperature of 58.2°C and thermal conductivity of 0.219 W/mK. The porous structure of the shell reduced melting enthalpy of optimized MPCM formulation to 84.6 J/g after 50 thermal cycles. The synthesized microcapsules comprise sustainable materials and have high TES capacity. The fabricated microcapsules can be used as TES additive in composite and coating formulations in food packaging.

Microencapsulation study of bioderived phase change material beeswax with ethyl cellulose shell for thermal energy storage applications