TY - GEN
T1 - The effect of incorporating microencapsulated Phase change materials (PCMs) in brick sandwiched walls in reducing the thermal insulation thickness for hot climates
AU - Ghazal, Abdallah M.
AU - Al Naimat, Fadi
AU - Mathew, Bobby
AU - Zurigat, Yousef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/4/12
Y1 - 2018/4/12
N2 - The application of Phase change materials (PCMs) in buildings' envelopes construction is considered as one of the promising methods to control the buildings heat gain/loss. In this study, the effect of incorporating microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) in reducing the thermal insulation thickness while maintaining the same energy input is investigated. Regional weather data were used and three standard thermal insulation (STI) thicknesses of 16, 11 and 6 cm were considered. The results have shown that a 0.5% PCM loading can reduce the STI thicknesses by 5, 4 and 2 cm respectively.
AB - The application of Phase change materials (PCMs) in buildings' envelopes construction is considered as one of the promising methods to control the buildings heat gain/loss. In this study, the effect of incorporating microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) in reducing the thermal insulation thickness while maintaining the same energy input is investigated. Regional weather data were used and three standard thermal insulation (STI) thicknesses of 16, 11 and 6 cm were considered. The results have shown that a 0.5% PCM loading can reduce the STI thicknesses by 5, 4 and 2 cm respectively.
KW - Phase Change Material
KW - Sustainable Buildings
KW - Thermal Insulation
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U2 - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337613
DO - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337613
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050455282
T3 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
SP - 164
EP - 167
BT - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
Y2 - 26 February 2018 through 28 February 2018
ER -