Preliminary study of passive cooling strategy using a combination of PCM and copper foam to increase thermal heat storage in building facade

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2365-2381

  Isa, Mohd Hafizal Mohd ^a   Zhao, Xudong ^b   Yoshino, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latent heat storage; Phase change material; Sustainable design technology; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867315189     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082365     Document Type: Article

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