Thermal Energy Storage Possibilities in the Composite Trombe Wall Modified with a Phase Change Material

Joanna Krasoń (), Przemysław Miąsik, Aleksander Starakiewicz and Lech Lichołai ()
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Joanna Krasoń: Department of Building Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, ul. Poznańska 2, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
Przemysław Miąsik: Department of Building Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, ul. Poznańska 2, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
Aleksander Starakiewicz: Department of Building Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, ul. Poznańska 2, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
Lech Lichołai: Department of Building Engineering, Rzeszow University of Technology, ul. Poznańska 2, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Energies, 2025, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-23

Abstract: Energy savings issues are important in the context of building operation. An interesting solution for the southern external walls of the building envelope is the thermal storage wall (TSW), also known as the Trombe wall. The article considers four variants of the wall structure, including three containing phase change material (PCM). The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the amount and location of phase change material in the masonry layer on the storage and flow of heat through the barrier. Each wall is equipped with a double-glazed external collector system with identical physical parameters. The research was carried out in specially dedicated testing stations in the form of external solar energy chambers, subjected to real climatic loads. The distribution of the heat flux density values was determined using experimental tests and was subjected to comparative analysis for the various variants considered using statistical analytical methods. A comparative analysis was performed between the heat flux density values obtained for each barrier in the assumed time interval from the one-year research period. The Kruskal–Wallis test and the median test were used for analyses performed in the Statistica 13.3 programme. The purpose of these analyses was to determine the occurrence of significant differences between individual heat flux flows through the barriers tested. The results obtained indicate that the use of PCM in thermal storage walls extends the time required to transfer the accumulated heat in the barrier to the internal environment while reducing the amplitude of the internal air temperature.

Keywords: Trombe wall; phase change material; heat flow; thermal storage wall (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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