Influence of building parameters on thermal mass modification with phase-change materials: numerical study based on design of experiments

Baudoin, Gilles;Van Moeseke, Geoffrey
(2019) EG-ICE 2019 - 26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering — Location: Leuven (1.July.2019)

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Phase-change materials (PCM) offer new opportunities to modify thermal mass. The energy savings due to thermal mass modification, with or without PCM, may significantly vary between the studies reported in the literature. This has shown the interest to systematically study the effect of enhanced thermal mass on different buildings. This study investigates the influence of eight building parameters on the benefits of using three different PCM-panels, by simulating a test-cell based on an office building in a temperate climate. Our results showed that the building parameters strongly influenced the energy savings through use of PCM. The main building parameters influencing the potential benefits were the initial thermal mass and the parameters related to solar heat gain.
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Baudoin, G., & Van Moeseke, G. (2019). Influence of building parameters on thermal mass modification with phase-change materials: numerical study based on design of experiments. EG-ICE 2019 - 26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, Leuven. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/170468