TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental investigation of a bio-based phase-change material to improve building energy performance
AU - Muruganantham, Karthik
AU - Phelan, Patrick
AU - Horwath, Peter
AU - Ludlam, David
AU - McDonald, Timothy
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Phase Change Material (PCM) plays an important role as a thermal energy storage device by utilizing its high storage density and latent heat property. One of the potential applications of the PCM is in buildings by incorporating them in the envelope for energy conservation. During the summer cooling season, the main benefits are a decrease in overall energy consumption by the air conditioning unit and the time shift in peak load during the day. Experimental work was carried out by Arizona Public Service (APS) in collaboration with Phase Change Energy Solutions (PCES) Inc. with a new class of organic-based PCM. The experimental setup showed maximum energy savings of about 30%, a maximum peak load shift of ∼ 60 min, and maximum cost savings of about 30%.
AB - Phase Change Material (PCM) plays an important role as a thermal energy storage device by utilizing its high storage density and latent heat property. One of the potential applications of the PCM is in buildings by incorporating them in the envelope for energy conservation. During the summer cooling season, the main benefits are a decrease in overall energy consumption by the air conditioning unit and the time shift in peak load during the day. Experimental work was carried out by Arizona Public Service (APS) in collaboration with Phase Change Energy Solutions (PCES) Inc. with a new class of organic-based PCM. The experimental setup showed maximum energy savings of about 30%, a maximum peak load shift of ∼ 60 min, and maximum cost savings of about 30%.
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U2 - 10.1115/ES2010-90035
DO - 10.1115/ES2010-90035
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:82255197506
SN - 9780791843949
T3 - ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
SP - 979
EP - 984
BT - ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
T2 - ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010
Y2 - 17 May 2010 through 22 May 2010
ER -