PCM-Enhanced Building Components An Application of Phase Change Mate
Presenting an overview of the use of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) within buildings, this book discusses the performance of PCM-enhanced building envelopes. It reviews the most common PCMs suitable for building applications, and discusses PCM encapsulatio
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Jan Kośny
PCM-Enhanced Building Components by Finite Element and An Application of Phase Change Soft Computing Methods Materials in Building Envelopes and Internal Structures
Engineering Materials and Processes Series editor Brian Derby, Manchester, UK
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/4604
Jan Kośny
PCM-Enhanced Building Components An Application of Phase Change Materials in Building Envelopes and Internal Structures
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Jan Kośny Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE Boston, MA USA
ISSN 1619-0181 Engineering Materials and Processes ISBN 978-3-319-14285-2 ISBN 978-3-319-14286-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14286-9
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Preface
Thermal mass plays an important role in building energy conservation and in control of internal thermal comfort. It has been observed that it can be also greatly assisted by the incorporation of building components with latent heat storage capabilities. Phase change materials (PCMs) are one of the thermal control means used today in building envelopes and in internal construction components. PCMs in buildings can be utilized for many different purposes including reduction of space conditioning energy consumption, thermal peak load shaving and shifting, local temperature control in building envelope components, or improvement of overall system durability. The scope of this book is to summarize and explain the most important basics of PCM applications in building structures. Despite wide interest in PCM-enhanced building technologies by researchers from industry and academia, engineers, architects, building developers, energy policy makers, code officials, and h
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