14:00 Thermal Performance of Phase Change Materials for the Building Skin
Chair: Craig Farnham, Osaka City University
Ventilation units with PCM for double-skin BIPV façades
- Air exchange in the office room with a double-skin BIPV façade
- Temperature stabilization of fresh air from the façade cavity by PCM in ventilation units
- Performance evaluation of using integrated ventilation units with PCM
Jakub Curpek, Faculty of Civil Engineering STU in Bratislava, Slovakia
PCM melting temperature optimization for passive cooling and heating
- Single-objective optimization method
- Savings in heating and cooling
Alvaro de Gracia, University Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Thermal properties of a four-pane window filled with PCM
- Novel four-pane PCM window system
- Measurement of the window panel in the climatic chamber
Martin Zalesak, Tomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic
PCM-enhanced mortar for thermally activated building components
- Thermal Energy Storage systems
- Overall characterization of the materials
- PCM-added mortars for thermally activated prefabricated façade elements
Lorenzo Olivieri, Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, Spain
Thermal performance of multifunctional façade contained PCM
- Potential thermal regulation of indoor temperature using PCM
- Evaluation of thermal transmittance using thermal flux meter method
- Performance assessment tool
Romeu Vicente, Dep. of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Microcapsulated PCM and geopolymer concrete
- Thermal energy storage capacity of geopolymer concrete
- Effect of microencapsulated PCM on properties of geopolymer concrete
Vinh Duy Cao, Østfold University College, Norway
Implementing hysteresis and subcooling in simulation of PCM panels
- PCM temperature-enthalpy profiles for melting and freezing differ
- User-defined functions for hysteresis and subcooling in simulation
- Subcooling temperature effects small, but timing may affect daily cycle
Craig Farnham, Osaka City University, Japan
Brief Presentations
Lightweight building envelopes with PCM
Ricardo Almeida, CI&DETS - Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal
Numerical investigation of a ventilated façade with PCM for heating purposes
Josep Ramon Castro, University of Lleida, Spain
15:30 Coffee Break