Modelling Envelope Components Integrating Phase Change Materials (PCMs) with Whole- Building Energy Simulation Tools: a State of the Art
Abstract
Building envelope systems that integrate Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are solutions aimed at increasing the thermal energy storage potential of the building envelope while keeping its mass reasonably low. Building envelope components with PCMs can be either opaque or transparent and can be based on different types of PCMs and integration methods. In opposition to conventional building components, these elements present thermal and optical properties that are highly non-linear and depend to a great extent on the boundary conditions. Such a characteristic requires the system development and optimisation process during the design phase to be carried out with particular care in order to achieve the desired performance. In this paper, a review of the existing modelling capabilities of different building energy simulation (BES) tools for PCM-based envelope components is reported, and the main challenges associated with the modelling and simulation of these systems through the most popular BES tools (among them, EnergyPlus, IDA-ICE, TRNSYS, IES-VE, and ESP-r) are highlighted. The aim of this paper is to summarise the evidence found in the literature of the latest
development in the successful use of BES to replicate the thermal and optical behaviour of opaque and transparent components integrating PCMs, in order to provide the community of professionals with an overview of the tools available and their limitations.
Keywords
chemistry
microscopy
Medicine
Technology (General)
Chemical technology
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Technology
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
Science (General)
renewable energy sources
environmental sciences
architecture
building construction
energy conservation
Citation
ID:
42986
References
Blockchain Verification
Account:
NFT Contract Address:
0x95644003c57E6F55A65596E3D9Eac6813e3566dA
Article ID:
42986
Unique Identifier:
4c6101d9b44f5b54b4394ed246d3ce44
Network:
Scimatic Chain (ID: 481)
Loading...
Blockchain Readiness Checklist
Authors
Abstract
Journal Name
Year
Title
Creates 1,000,000 NFT tokens for this article
Token Features:
- ERC-1155 Standard NFT
- 1 Million Supply per Article
- Transferable via MetaMask
- Permanent Blockchain Record
Scan with Saymatik Web3.0 Wallet