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Investigation of the Thermal Performance of a Passive Solar Test-Room with Wall Latent Heat Storage
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In this paper, an experimental and numerical simulation study is presented of the application of phase change materials (PCM) in building envelope components for thermal storage in a passive solar test-room.About:
This article is published in Building and Environment.The article was published on 1997-09-01. It has received 402 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Passive solar building design & Thermal energy storage.read more
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications
TL;DR: The use of a latent heat storage system using phase change materials (PCMs) is an effective way of storing thermal energy and has the advantages of high energy storage density and the isothermal nature of the storage process.
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A review on phase change energy storage: materials and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the phase change materials (PCM) and their application in energy storage is presented, where the main advantages of encapsulation are providing large heat transfer area, reduction of the PCMs reactivity towards the outside environment and controlling the changes in volume of the storage materials as phase change occurs.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized previous works on latent thermal energy storage in building applications, covering PCMs, the impregnation methods, current building applications and their thermal performance analyses, as well as numerical simulation of buildings with PCMs.
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Phase change materials for thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art of phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications is reviewed and an insight into recent efforts to develop new phase change material with enhanced performance and safety.
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A review on energy conservation in building applications with thermal storage by latent heat using phase change materials
Amar M. Khudhair,Mohammed Farid +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, phase change materials (PCMs) are used to capture solar energy directly and increase human comfort by decreasing the frequency of internal air temperature swings and maintaining the temperature closer to the desired temperature for a longer period of time.
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Fatty acids and their mixtures as phase-change materials for thermal energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used differential scanning calorimetry to determine the transition temperatures and latent heat of transition of the fatty acids and their binary mixtures and their corresponding heat of melting were 120, 145, 150 and 160 J/g, respectively.
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Latent heat storage in concrete
D.W. Hawes,D. Banu,Dorel Feldman +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, three phase change materials, butyl stearate, dodecanol and polyethylene glycol 600, were tested with autoclaved concrete blocks and all three were found to be compatible with regular concrete blocks.
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Obtaining an energy storing building material by direct incorporation of an organic phase change material in gypsum wallboard
TL;DR: In this paper, a laboratory scale energy storage gypsum wallboard was produced by the direct incorporation of 21% to 22% commercial grade butyl stearate (BS) at the mixing stage of conventional Gypsum board production.
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Energy storage composite with an organic PCM
Dorel Feldman,M.A. Khan,D. Banu +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new kind of composite was proposed for storing an organic phase change material (PCM) in a floor, wall or ceiling tiles capable of storing energy up to 766 kJ/m 2.
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