Thermal simulation of a laminated microencapsulated multiphase change material drywall
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1University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, 315100, China
2University of Nottingham, Faculty of Engineering, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
3University of Wollongong, School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, 1 Pitt Street, Loftus, New South Wales 2232, Australia
Phase change materials (PCMs) possess the potential of reducing energy consumption in buildings because of their relatively large energy storage capability at constant temperatures. However, currently available PCMs have single phase change temperatures and therefore unable to be tuned to multiphase change temperature applications. In this regard the thermal performance of a proposed laminated microencapsulated multiphase change material (MEMPCM) drywall has been theoretically evaluated. The simulation results showed that the MEMPCM was able to reduce the maximum peak room temperatures by 2.86℃ to 6.67℃ from May to October while the overall thermal comfort period was enhanced by 25.4% in a selected location. Future experimental evaluation is however recommended to establish its practical potential.
Keywords. Simulation; ESP-r; Fluent; microencapsulated multiphase change material
How to cite this article
Su, W., Darkwa, J. and Kokogiannakis, G. (2015). 'Thermal simulation of a laminated microencapsulated multiphase change material drywall'. SET Proceedings, 14(2), pp. 432-439. https://doi.org/10.65582/set.2015.131
