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COBEM 2019
25th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Numerical Heat Absorption Efficiency Comparison In The Application Of Phase Change Materials (PCM) On A Masonry Wall
Submission Author:
Ernandes José Gonçalves do Nascimento , SP
Co-Authors:
Ernandes José Gonçalves do Nascimento, Marcelo De Lemos
Presenter: Ernandes José Gonçalves do Nascimento
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2019.COB2019-0735
Abstract
Energy saving technologies are among the highest demand products all around the globe. As many man-made devices are often being improved in order to have electricity as main power source, the cost of this type of energy tends to grow as years go on (for many countries fossil fuels will have to be removed from being a primarily mean of powering vehicles in the next few decades). Thus, this state shows solid signs that saving power appliances will eventually become more cost effective, surpass the expense state and become an investment. With this global scenario background, this work aims to numerically investigate the heat absorption capacity of phase change materials (PCM) when displaced in different configurations inside an average thickness masonry wall. The main objective is to map the thermal behavior of a PCM plate vertically positioned along the concrete-brick structure by plotting temperature versus horizontal distance along the wall as well as interior air temperature versus time for a known average size room. The numerical simulations will be carried on using StarCCM+ (Siemens PLM Software) code and the results compared to other simulations of the same wall structure configurations without the addition of the PCM layer.
Keywords
Phase Change Materials, Thermal Insulation, Masonry Wall, Phase Change Simulation, Energy saving
