Effectiveness of CFD simulation for the performance prediction of phase change building boards in the thermal environment control of indoor spaces

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 612-625

  Gowreesunker, B L ^a   Tassou, S A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building design; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); FLUENT; PCM Clay boards; Phase change materials (PCM); Temperature enthalpy hysteresis

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BUILDING DESIGN; CFD CODES; CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; ENERGY IMPACT; FLUENT; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR SPACE; MEAN ERRORS; MULTI-ZONAL MODEL; NIGHT VENTILATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PCM-CLAY BOARDS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGE MODEL; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

HYSTERESIS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENTHALPY; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; VENTILATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; DESIGN; HYSTERESIS;

EID: 84870473663     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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