Numerical study on the thermal performance of building wall and roof incorporating phase change material panel for passive cooling application

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-415

  Kong, Xiangfei ^a   Lu, Shilei ^a   Li, Yiran ^a   Huang, Jingyu ^a   Liu, Shangbao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical study; Passive cooling; PCM roof; PCM wall; Phase change material (PCM)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; ROOFS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL ENERGY;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENVELOPES; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL STUDY; PASSIVE COOLING; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL COMFORT ZONE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84904902851     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.06.044     Document Type: Article

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