On the importance of the location of PCMs in building walls for enhanced thermal performance

Applied Energy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-78

  Jin, Xing ^a   Medina, Mario A ^b   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy; Phase change materials; Thermal energy storage; Wall heat transfer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOIL; BUILDING MATERIALS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SHIELDING; HEAT STORAGE; LOCATION; MIXED CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL ENERGY;

BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING WALLS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; FLUX REDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATING SOURCE; IN-BUILDINGS; INSULATION CAVITIES; INTEGRATION METHOD; INTERNAL SURFACES; LOAD SHIFTING; MACRO-ENCAPSULATION; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; PEAK LOAD SHIFTING; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS (PCMS); THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL SHIELDS; THERMAL STORAGE; WALL HEAT TRANSFER; WALL INSULATION; WALL PERFORMANCE;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMAL POWER; WALL;

EID: 84873709640     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.079     Document Type: Article

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