Phase change material incorporation techniques in building envelopes for enhancing the building thermal Comfort-A review

Suresh, C.; Hotta, Tapano Kumar; Saha, Sandip K.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112225

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“…PCMs in building applications provide great benefits especially in energy saving and efficiency, indoor comfort creation, as well as environmental sustainability. [91][92][93] Unlike thermoelectric strategy converting heat into electricity, phase change material could store and release heat in a different mechanism. [94][95][96][97][98] Scientists have explored the modification of PCMs to aid in temperature regulation in buildings.…”

Section: Energy-saving Buildings With Pe-pcmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Progress in Polyethylene‐enhanced Organic Phase Change Composite Materials for Energy Management

Wu,

Yeo,

Wang

et al. 2023

Chemistry An Asian Journal

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Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are utilized to regulate temperature and store thermal energy in various industries such as infrastructure, electronics, solar power, and more. However, they face several limitations, such as leakage, poor thermal properties, incompatibility, as well as high flammability. Polyethylene (PE) is one of many polymers explored to enhance the desirable properties of PCMs, due to their versatile properties such as high strength, durability, chemical resistance, and low cost. The combination of PCMs and PE can be used to create composite materials, through micro/nano-encapsulation, melt-blending, formation of composites and with proper additives. They create enhanced thermal energy storage properties and in the meantime, benefited from the mechanical properties of the PE. This review provides a concise summary of the recent developments regarding PE-enhanced PCMs and provides insights into possible topics for further investigation. We summarised enhancement methods based on commonly adopted types of PEs, such as encapsulation, melt-blending, hot pressing, extrusion, and 3D printing. We then elaborate on how these PE-PCM composites are effectively utilised for heat management applications and the potential future directions in energy-saving buildings, electronic devices, and energy storage systems.

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Section: Energy-saving Buildings With Pe-pcmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Progress in Polyethylene‐enhanced Organic Phase Change Composite Materials for Energy Management

Wu,

Yeo,

Wang

et al. 2023

Chemistry An Asian Journal

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“…The locations where PCMs are commonly integrated include walls, roofs, floors, and windows [10]. The publication trend in PCMs and buildings is shown in Figure 1(b).…”

Section: Phase Change Materials In Buildingsmentioning

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Phase change materials integrated buildings: A short review

Jacob,

Paul,

Selvaraj

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Buildings account for one-third of global energy consumption and 38% of greenhouse gas emissions. Improving a building’s energy efficiency is vital in minimizing climate change. As an alternative to active cooling systems, passive cooling methods are promising. Thermal energy storage employing latent heat is an effective passive cooling strategy for increasing a building’s thermal inertia and, in turn, reducing temperature fluctuations and improving thermal comfort for building occupants. To do this, high-density phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage (TES) can be put to good use. Recent developments in TES techniques using PCMs have gained much research focus, primarily to improve energy efficiency and promote clean energy sources. PCMs are regarded as the most promising materials due to their high energy storage density for developing high-performance and energy-efficient buildings. The primary disadvantage of PCM is its low thermal conductivity, limiting its practical usage, which could be resolved by loading nano or micro-sized conductive fillers. The investigated system’s initial findings show that they effectively lower indoor temperature changes and energy demand during winter seasons and can cause load reduction or shifting.

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“…For example, a review study assessed the effectiveness of PCMs on thermal comfort when incorporated into building envelopes (ie, walls, ceilings, roof, and windows). The study concluded the overall improvement in thermal comfort and energy reduction, especially for PCMs whose phase transition temperature is closer to the outdoor air temperature 32 . Zheng et al 33 also focused on the thermal comfort behavior of PCMs in temporary buildings under different climatic zones.…”

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“…The study concluded the overall improvement in thermal comfort and energy reduction, especially for PCMs whose phase transition temperature is closer to the outdoor air temperature. 32 Zheng et al 33 also focused on the thermal comfort behavior of PCMs in temporary buildings under different climatic zones. Arumugam et al 34 have investigated the effect of passive techniques such as PCM in improving thermal comfort conditions.…”

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Influence of phase change materials on thermal comfort, greenhouse gas emissions, and potential indoor air quality issues across different climatic regions: A critical review

Amoatey

Al‐Jabri

Al‐Saadi

2022

Intl J of Energy Research

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There has been growing interest in applying phase change materials (PCMs) in buildings owing to their energy conservation/latent heat storage properties and potential to improve thermal comfort. Various reviews have extensively discussed the thermophysical properties of PCMs and their energy-saving potential in buildings. However, comprehensive reviews on the indoor thermal/ personal comfort behavior of PCMs under different climates remain limited. Therefore, this study aims to present a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the impact of PCMs on indoor thermal comfort levels in buildings located in cities within different subclimate zones and their personal cooling effect when integrated with clothing (vest). In addition, greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potentials and indoor air pollutant emission properties of PCM-enhanced buildings were also reviewed. Hundreds of published articles of PCMs in PubMed and Scopus databases, including a manual search approach, were utilized. The results from this state-of-the-art study have shown that incorporating PCMs in buildings satisfactorily reduced the indoor air temperature of most buildings located in hot climate (BSh, BWh) zones, but very limited studies have been performed in the cold (Dfc, BSk) environments. In general, there was an improvement in the thermal comfort levels of the PCM-enhanced buildings. However, these were mostly assessed using indices such as predicted mean vote, predicted percentage of dissatisfied, comfort index, and total discomfort change, without any comprehensive survey studies (eg, based on

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Phase change material incorporation techniques in building envelopes for enhancing the building thermal Comfort-A review

Cited by 73 publications

References 113 publications

Recent Progress in Polyethylene‐enhanced Organic Phase Change Composite Materials for Energy Management

Recent Progress in Polyethylene‐enhanced Organic Phase Change Composite Materials for Energy Management

Phase change materials integrated buildings: A short review

Influence of phase change materials on thermal comfort, greenhouse gas emissions, and potential indoor air quality issues across different climatic regions: A critical review

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