Comparison of three different devices available in Spain to test thermal properties of building materials including phase change materials

Applied Energy

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 544-552

  Barreneche, Camila ^a,b   De Gracia, Alvaro ^a   Serrano, Susana ^a   Elena Navarro, M ^b   Borreguero, Ana María ^c   Ines Fernandez A ^b   Carmona, Manuel ^c   Rodriguez, Juan Francisco ^c   Cabeza, Luisa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Building materials; Phase change materials (PCMs); Thermal energy storage (TES); Thermophysical characterisation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GYPSUM; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS (PCMS); THERMAL CHARACTERISATION; THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; THERMOPHYSICAL;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879270070     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.061     Document Type: Article

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