Energy and economic analysis of a building enclosure outfitted with a phase change material board (PCMB)

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-78

  Sun, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Zhang, Quan ^a   Medina, Mario A ^b   Lee, Kyoung Ok ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Building enclosures; Building energy savings; Energy savings ratio (ESR); Phase change materials (PCMs); Phase transition temperature; Simple payback period (SPP)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENCLOSURES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INVESTMENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BUILDING ENCLOSURE; BUILDING ENERGY SAVING; ELECTRICITY SAVING; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; SIMPLE PAYBACK PERIOD (SPP);

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84898628648     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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