Combined experimental and numerical evaluation of a prototype nano-PCM enhanced wallboard

Applied Energy

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 517-529

  Biswas, Kaushik ^a   Lu, Jue ^b   Soroushian, Parviz ^b   Shrestha, Som ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Technova Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Nano PCM; PCM modeling; PCM wallboard; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT STORAGE; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HEATING AND COOLING LOADS; NANO-PCM; PCM MODEL; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; DATA SET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GYPSUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905513576     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.047     Document Type: Article

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