Verification and validation of EnergyPlus phase change material model for opaque wall assemblies

Building and Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-196

  Tabares Velasco, Paulo Cesar ^a   Christensen, Craig ^a   Bianchi, Marcus ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OWENS CORNING   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; Building envelope; PCM; Phase change materials; Storage; Validation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING ENVELOPE; BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPARATIVE TESTING; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGYPLUS; IN-BUILDINGS; OPAQUE WALLS; PCM MODEL; PEAK LOAD; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SEVERAL VARIABLES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY USE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STORAGE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84858741358     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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