Energetic efficiency of room wall containing PCM wallboard: A full-scale experimental investigation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-156

  Kuznik, Frédéric ^a   Virgone, Joseph ^a   Roux, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Experimental investigation; Phase change material; Temperature fluctuations; Thermal flow; Wallboard

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; LIGHT WEIGHT BUILDING MATERIALS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

OVERHEATING; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL FLOW; WALLBOARD;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 36349018343     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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