The invention relates to a
phase change energy storage device which is characterized by being composed of an outer shell, a paraffin cavity, a plastic cap, paraffin,
metal particles and low-melting-point
metal. The outer shell is used as a
peripheral frame of the
phase change energy storage device to be tightly attached to a heat source. A paraffin
phase change unit is composed of the paraffin cavity, the plastic cap and the paraffin and evenly filled into the outer shell. The paraffin phase change unit is a heat absorption portion of the phase change
energy storage device. The
metal particles are filled into the gap between the paraffin phase change unit and the outer shell. The low-melting-point metal is filled into the gap among the outer shell, the metal particles and the paraffin phase change unit so as to enable
heat energy to be rapidly transmitted to the paraffin. The paraffin cavity is made of metal so as to be beneficial to
heat transfer. The plastic cap is made of flexible plastics so as to compensate a
volume expansion effect generated by the paraffin phase exchange. According to the phase change energy storage device, the high
latent heat properties of the paraffin are utilized, and the energy storage performance is excellent. Meanwhile, the
high heat conductivity properties of the metal particles and the low-melting-point metal are utilized, and the heat conductive performance is excellent. Finally, due to the design of a plurality of paraffin energy storage units, the normal operation of the
system can be still ensured when a single energy storage unit in the
system loses
efficacy. The phase change energy storage device is simple in structure, easy to
machine, small in low-melting-point metal charging amount, low in cost and capable of being widely used for
heat energy utilization fields such as solar thermal power generation, hot water
waste heat recovery,
warm water bottles and warmers.