Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Energy Efficiency of Transparent Partitions with a Thermal Storage Unit

• Autorzy: Musiał Michał

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DOI

10.12911/22998993/123831

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents the results of experimental research and a mathematical analysis of the energy efficiency of a PCM-modified transparent partition. The study was carried out during the summer season and heating season for 5 months under temperate climate conditions in Rzeszów (Poland). The solution under investigation allows for short-term storage of heat within a building window, owing to the high value of melting/freezing enthalpy of approx. 185 J/g, and the phase change material (PCM) applied. The research was conducted in parallel over two identical windows, with only one of them being modernised with a phase change thermal storage unit. The obtained results showed the possibility of improving the thermal balance of the window by 9.99%, and a more favourable adjustment of gains from solar radiation to the profile of heat demand of the adjacent room by 15.02%, compared to the reference window. The obtained results also allowed the numerical model describing the non-stationary heat exchange within the phase change material to be verified, using the solution of a Stefan problem. The obtained model was created using the equations of finite difference method in the Matlab environment. The verified model is highly compatible with empirical quantities, and constitutes a useful tool for simulating the distribution of heat storage in a PCM storage unit over time. This allows the heat gains resulting from the use of the tested storage units in the building windows to be estimated.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

transparent building partition; phase change material; thermal storage; thermal efficiency; thermal balance; window

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 21, nr 6
• Strony: 201--211
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 22 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Musiał Michał

• Rzeszow University of Technology, The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, 35-959 Rzeszów, ul. Poznańska 2, Poland

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