Use of Insulation and Phase Change Material in Building Structures – Experiments and Physical Analysis

Abstract

The present work concerns an experimental study of the utilization of insulation and phase change material PCM in building structures. It particularly presents an efficient heating system modulated with thermal insulations and phase change materials where an appropriate experimental setup is devised to help in making energy management possible. The experimental setup consists of insulated and non-insulated room models that enable direct observation of different heat transfer results between a well-insulated room with PCM (paraffin wax) and a non-insulated room. The integrated heating-insulation-PCM set-up proved that it can work toward a more comfortable and efficient system where energy bills are 74% lower with an average improvement factor reaching 50% in comparison with the non-insulated room model.