Modeling phase change materials embedded in building enclosure: A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 659-673

  Al Saadi, Saleh Nasser ^a   Zhai, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Building enclosure; Numerical models; Phase change material; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BUILDING APPLICATIONS; BUILDING ENCLOSURE; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; BUILDING SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGYPLUS; ENTHALPY METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAT SOURCES; IN-BUILDINGS; ISOTHERMAL TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELING METHOD; ON DYNAMICS; PCM MODEL; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSFORMING MODELS;

BUILDINGS; ENCLOSURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT STORAGE; ISOTHERMS; LATENT HEAT; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL ENERGY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84874610709     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.01.024     Document Type: Review

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