This article describes the development of a CFD 2D model of a new type of ventilated active façade which includes a PCM … tested to model the PCM. To model the radiation, S2S and DO sub-models were tested. RNG k–ε, Standard k–ω and SST k … consideration it was suitable to consider the PCM to be a solid material with variable Cp. The DO model accurately reproduced the …

material (PCM) contents were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, the core-shell structure and the … effects of different copolymer shell and various PCM contents on thermal stability of MicroPCMs were insignificant. Besides …, SEM micrographs show that all of the MicroPCMs with various PCM contents remained intact after heat treatment at 200 °C …

sensible heat in water for short term applications. Adding PCM (phase change material) modules at the top of the water tank … would give the system a higher storage density and compensate heat loss in the top layer because of the latent heat of PCM … University of Lleida, Spain. In this work, new PCM-graphite compounds with optimized thermal properties were used, such as 80 …

a phase change material (PCM) in its outer layer. The research was carried out experimentally by means of a real … that the melting–solidification processes that take place in the PCM led to an increase in the heat absorption during the … chamber was overheated up to 12°C during the daytime. Because of the PCM solidification, 2.5h after the solar radiation faded …

is solved both for the phase change material (PCM) and heat transfer fluid (HTF). The different contributions to the … results show that the improved system allows to reduce PCM solidification time and increase Second-law efficiency. …