A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application

X Wang, W Li, Z Luo, K Wang, SP Shah - Energy and buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Building construction deserves many attentions due to its huge energy consumption, while
Phase Change Materials (PCMs) provide positive solutions for improving energy efficiency …

A review on phase change material (PCM) for sustainable passive cooling in building envelopes

H Akeiber, P Nejat, MZA Majid, MA Wahid… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The most significant threat that mankind faces in the 21th century is global warming.
Buildings, which account for 40% of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas …

Phase change materials (PCM) for cooling applications in buildings: A review

F Souayfane, F Fardoun, PH Biwole - Energy and buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Cooling demand in the building sector is growing rapidly; thermal energy storage systems
using phase change materials (PCM) can be a very useful way to improve the building …

Review on building energy performance improvement using phase change materials

M Song, F Niu, N Mao, Y Hu, S Deng - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Confronted with the crises of the growing resource shortages and continued deterioration of
the environment, building energy performance improvement using phase change materials …

Optimal control of natural ventilation as passive cooling strategy for improving the energy performance of building envelope with PCM integration

C Piselli, M Prabhakar, A de Gracia, M Saffari… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Phase Change Materials have been acknowledged for their potential to be used as
passive strategy for improving energy efficiency and occupants' thermal comfort in buildings …

Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings

R Zeinelabdein, S Omer, G Gan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Buildings have a major contribution to the global energy consumption. Heating, ventilating
and air conditioning systems (HVAC) are responsible for most of the energy use in buildings …

[HTML][HTML] Operational optimisation of an air-source heat pump system with thermal energy storage for domestic applications

AV Olympios, P Sapin, J Freeman, C Olkis… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electricity-driven air-source heat pumps are a promising element of the transition to lower-
carbon energy systems. In this work, operational optimisation is performed of an air-source …

Review of the modeling approaches of phase change processes

T Zhang, D Huo, C Wang, Z Shi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, phase change materials have played an important role in the field of energy
storage because of their flexibility and high efficiency in energy storage and release …

Scientometric review of international research trends on thermal energy storage cement based composites via integration of phase change materials from 1993 to …

S Afgan, C Bing - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The efforts towards energy conservation and efficiency dates to 70 s, associated with the
uprisal of energy crises, and shifted the technologies from fossil fuels to renewable …

Energy and economic analysis of a building air-conditioner with a phase change material (PCM)

N Chaiyat - Energy conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, a concept of using phase change material (PCM) for improving cooling
efficiency of an air-conditioner had been presented under Thailand climate. Rubitherm20 …