Modeling and simulation on the thermal performance of shape-stabilized phase change material floor used in passive solar buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1084-1091

  Xu, Xu ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Lin, Kunping ^a   Di, Hongfa ^a   Yang, Rui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficient building; Energy storage; Shape stabilized PCM; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOORS; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE HEATING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; SHAPE STABILIZED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); THERMAL COMFORT DEGREE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS;

EID: 23844496489     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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