Modelling of latent heat storage in pcm modified components

• Authors: Anna Machniewicz , Dariusz Heim
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Due to latent heat storage potential, phase change materials can be implemented in building materials to improve energy performance and thermal comfort. Nevertheless, the phase change effect is quite a complex phenomenon for numerical modelling and different methods can be used to estimate the results of latent heat storage. This paper presents a brief overview of the existing numerical methods and a short description of two most frequently used ones. Authors also investigated the capabilities of phase change modelling by three simulation tools. This work is a part of a wider research project which aims to find optimal solution of façade construction with the implementation of PCM. The choice of a proper numerical method was considered the first step to achieve this goal.

Keywords

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phase change material, latent heat, thermal simulation

• Publisher: [unknown2]
• Journal: Czasopismo Techniczne
• Year: -

Dates

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2015-04-17

Contributors

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Anna Machniewicz

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Dariusz Heim