Experimental assessment of a phase change material for wall building use

Frédéric Kuznik and Joseph Virgone

Applied Energy, 2009, vol. 86, issue 10, 2038-2046

Abstract: The thermal performances of a PCM copolymer composite wallboard has been experimentally investigated in a full scale test room. The test cell is totally controlled so that a typical day can be repeated (temperature and solar radiative flux). Effects of the PCM are investigated comparing the results obtained with and without composite wallboards for three cases: a summer day, a winter day and a mid-season day. The results show that: (1) for all the cases tested, the decrement factor varies between 0.73 and 0.78 which is quite interesting for use in buildings and particularly for renovation; (2) the air temperature in the room with PCM lowers up to , the comfort enhancement is more important if the surface temperatures are also considered; (3) the PCM wallboards enhance the natural convection in the room and then there is no thermal stratification contrary to the room without composite; (4) the numerical experiments are fully described and can then be used to evaluate PCM numerical modeling.

Keywords: Phase; change; material; Wallboard; Energy; storage; Experimental; investigation; Temperature; fluctuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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