Application of Phase-Change Materials in Buildings

Nader A. Nader; Bandar Bulshlaibi; Mohammad Jamil; Mohammad Suwaiyah; Mohammad Uzair

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Application of Phase-Change Materials in Buildings

Nader A. Nader, Bandar Bulshlaibi, Mohammad Jamil, Mohammad Suwaiyah, Mohammad Uzair

Published in American Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 15 April 2015 Accepted: 29 April 2015 Published: 12 May 2015

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Abstract

Phase-Change Materials (PCMs) are substances with a high heat of fusion that melt and solidifyat a certain temperature range. Theyare capable of storing and releasing large amounts of energy and have a high capacity of storing heat. PCMs preventenergy loss during material changes from solid to liquid or liquid to solid. They have several advantages such as its self-nucleating properties, and disadvantages such as having low thermal conductivity [4].There are different types of PCM with a wide range of applications. This paperstudies the potential application of PCMs in building as energy conservation materials.The analysis shows the result shows that the use of BioPCM materialas insulation layer in building can decrease the cooling load by 20% in comparison to standard one.

Published in	American Journal of Energy Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajee.20150303.13
Page(s)	46-52
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Phase-Change Materials, Construction, Cooling Load, Insulation

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Nader A. Nader

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia
Bandar Bulshlaibi

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Jamil

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Suwaiyah

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Uzair

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia

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