Thermal performance of PCM thermal storage unit for a roof integrated solar heating system

Saman, Wasim; Bruno, Frank; Halawa, Edward

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2004.08.017

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“…They found the load on air-handling unit (AHU) reduced during the peak shaving control period and also suggested the ceiling board needed improvement because of the flammability. Besides experimental analysis, many numerical works were also carried out on the thermal performance analyses of this system [77,78]. Fig.…”

Section: Pcm Ceilings For Active Heating and Coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications

2012

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Thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) offers a high thermal storage density with a moderate temperature variation, and has attracted growing attention due to its important role in achieving energy conservation in buildings with thermal comfort. Various methods have been investigated by previous researchers to incorporate PCMs into the building structures, and it has been found that with the help of PCMs the indoor temperature fluctuations can be reduced significantly whilst maintaining desirable thermal comfort. This paper summarises 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. Over 100 references are included in this paper.

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Section: Pcm Ceilings For Active Heating and Coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications

2012

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“…Schematic of the thermal storage unit (TSU). 45,46 from ambient air during the night and is relieved to the room during the day. At night, the cool outside air is drawn in and passed over the heat pipe using the ceiling fan blowing downward.…”

Section: Free-cooling Systemmentioning

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A review on phase change material application in building

Cui

Xie

Liu

et al. 2017

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

160

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In the past several decades, many literatures have emerged on the topic of phase change material and latent heat storage techniques used in building. Accordingly, it is essential to review previous work to know about phase change material application in building better. This article presents a review on phase change material application situations in building, and several aspects are discussed: phase change material major applications in building, phase change material application areas, phase change material application types, phase change material thermal-physical properties, and phase change material application effects. The results of this research show that phase change material application areas are mainly concentrated into four parts of north latitude from 25°to 60°and south latitude from 25°to 40°. No matter in which region, the use of paraffin is the broadest (the maximum use frequency is up to 87.5%). For organic phase change material, the melting temperature and the heat of fusion vary from 19°C to 29°C and from 120 kJ/kg to 280 kJ/kg, respectively. The best phase change material application effect found is a reduction of 4.2°C for air temperature in room. This study has important and directive significance for the practical application of phase change material in building.

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“…Saman et al (2005) investigated the impact as well as performance of a roof integrated solar space heating system for domestic application in a house in Adelaide, Australia. The system used calcium chloride hexahydrate as phase change materials for heat storage.…”

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“…Several researchers report effect of using existing building features, e.g., roofs, building walls, etc., on overall performance (Belusko et al 2004;Saman et al 2005;Zhai and Wang 2008;Medved et al 2003). Saman et al (2005) investigated roof integrated solar heating system with heat storage facilities (PCM). The authors studied the effect of natural convection on the performance of heat storage through PCM.…”

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Solar air heater for residential space heating

Choudhury

Baruah

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Space heating appliances require significant amount of primary as well as secondary energy. In most of the countries, energy requirements for such utilities are met by burning fossil fuel or from conventional electricity. Such usual practices for space heating result in significant increase in greenhouse gas emission and fossil fuel depletion. In the line of global emphasis on energy conservation and switch-to-clean energy approach, solar thermal energy can be harnessed using solar air heater for space heating purpose. This paper studies the potential of using solar air heater in space heating applications. Associated critical issues like demand-supply mismatch, installation space constraint, annual utilization factor and undesirable variations in output temperature are highlighted. Further, current research trends toward improving applicability of solar air heater are also briefly discussed.

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Thermal performance of PCM thermal storage unit for a roof integrated solar heating system

Cited by 194 publications

References 10 publications

Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications

Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCMs) in building applications

A review on phase change material application in building

Solar air heater for residential space heating

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