Performance of phase change material boards under natural convection

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1788-1793

  Liu, Hongim ^a   Awbi, Hazim B ^b  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Heat flux; Latent heat; PCM

Indexed keywords

CHARGING PROCESS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; DISCHARGING PROCESS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXCHANGES; HEAT ENERGIES; HEAT FLUX DENSITIES; HEAT GAINS; HIGH THERMALS; IN BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIRS; INSULATION PERFORMANCE; MELTING ZONES; PCM; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WALL MATERIALS; WALL SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WALL SURFACES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLYWHEELS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INSULATION; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; CONVECTION; ENERGY USE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MELTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 64049091092     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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