Phase change material for passive cooling in building envelopes: A comprehensive review

C Li, X Wen, W Cai, H Yu, D Liu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Today, phase change materials (PCMs) have been used as effective potential energy
storage elements in buildings due to their excellent thermal energy storage capability and …

Adaptive dynamic building envelope integrated with phase change material to enhance the heat storage and release efficiency: A state-of-the-art review

P Wang, Z Liu, X Zhang, M Hu, L Zhang, J Fan - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract the research of PCMs in the field of building energy efficiency has developed
rapidly over the past decade. The static PCM-built envelopes cannot flexibly adjust their heat …

Effect of charging/discharging temperatures upon melting and solidification of PCM-metal foam composite in a heat storage tube

G Shu, T Xiao, J Guo, P Wei, X Yang, YL He - International Journal of Heat …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy has addressed the significant issue of energy conservation and emission
reduction through providing an alternative solution to the building energy utilization. To …

Thermal performance and energy saving using phase change materials (PCM) integrated in building walls

AG Anter, AA Sultan, AA Hegazi, MA El Bouz - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the new strategies lately used in energy efficient building (EEB) is the integration of
phase change materials (PCM) into the building structure. This study examines the long …

Analyzing efficiency of solar heat storage unit within a building including trombe wall equipped with phase change material in existence of fins

M Sheikholeslami, HRA Al-Hussein - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Trombe wall can be applied for solar energy saving for ventilation purpose and to boost the
performance of classic unit, it was combined with paraffin layer and fins in this study. The …

A review of recent techniques in performance augmentation and evaluation metrics of Trombe walls

W Gu, G Li, A Xiermaimaiti, T Ma - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Trombe walls are attracting considerable attention from researchers and engineers on
account of their potential ability for addressing environmental and energy crisis. However …

Effect of key parameters on the transient thermal performance of a building envelope with Trombe wall containing phase change material

S Zhou, F Bai, G Razaqpur, B Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal behavior of a building envelope having a Trombe wall incorporating phase
change material (PCM) is investigated during heating season, using experimentally …

Effects of the position and melting point of the PCM layer on the comprehensive thermal performance of a Trombe wall under mixed dry climate

S Zhou, M Song, K Shan, AG Razaqpur, JJ Huang - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
PCM Trombe walls have been an effective passive technology to achieve energy efficiency.
However, the majority of previous research investigated the PCM Trombe walls primarily …

Phase change materials embedded with tuned porous media to alleviate overcharging problem of cascaded latent heat storage system for building heating

Y Shen, S Liu, AR Mazhar, J Wang, Y Li - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Cascaded latent heat storage (CLHS) has been used for building heating to balance
renewable energy supply–demand mismatch and improve thermodynamic performance. In …

The kinetic and preliminary performance study on a novel solar photo-thermal catalytic hybrid Trombe-wall

N Li, T Gu, H Xie, J Ji, X Liu, B Yu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Trombe-wall is a widely used solar passive heating structure. However, the indoor
environment becomes worse due to the accumulation of gaseous pollutants when run the …