Challenges of the application of PCMs to achieve zero energy buildings under hot weather conditions: A review

MH Zahir, K Irshad, M Shafiullah, NI Ibrahim… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the global increase in population and temperature, cooling demand has increased
tremendously in the building sector, especially in the GCC and African and South Asian …

Thermal performance of the building envelope integrated with phase change material for thermal energy storage: an updated review.

PKS Rathore, NK Gupta, D Yadav, SK Shukla… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the major sources of end-use of energy in buildings is consumed in space cooling for
improving indoor thermal comfort. Climate extremities like heat waves and extreme …

Natural convective flow and heat transfer of nano-encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in a cavity

M Ghalambaz, AJ Chamkha, D Wen - International journal of heat and mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
Free convective flow and heat transfer of a suspension of Nano Encapsulated Phase
Change Materials (NEPCMs) in an enclosure is studied. NEPCM particles are core-shell …

A review of conventional, advanced, and smart glazing technologies and materials for improving indoor environment

SD Rezaei, S Shannigrahi, S Ramakrishna - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The ever increasing demand of energy consumption, and harmful CO 2 emission, which
causes global warming necessitate the urgent need of energy conservation particularly in …

Double-diffusive natural convection with Soret/Dufour effects and energy optimization of nano-encapsulated phase change material in a novel form of a wavy-walled I …

T Tayebi, S El-Sapa, N Karimi, AS Dogonchi… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background As building segment grows in parallel with amplifying population, the necessity
for consumption of energy needed to passive and active heating or cooling buildings for …

Biomass-derived porous carbons support in phase change materials for building energy efficiency: a review

T Jiang, Y Zhang, S Olayiwola, CK Lau, M Fan… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase change materials have been used in buildings as effective latent energy storage
elements because of their remarkable capability of storing thermal energy and thus have …

Critical review of latent heat storage systems for free cooling in buildings

R Zeinelabdein, S Omer, G Gan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Buildings have a major contribution to the global energy consumption. Heating, ventilating
and air conditioning systems (HVAC) are responsible for most of the energy use in buildings …

[HTML][HTML] Phase change materials for energy efficiency in buildings and their use in mortars

M Frigione, M Lettieri, A Sarcinella - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The construction industry is responsible for consuming large amounts of energy. The
development of new materials with the purpose of increasing the thermal efficiency of …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of melting behavior of PCMs in a cavity subject to a non-uniform magnetic field using a moving grid technique

M Ghalambaz, SMH Zadeh, SAM Mehryan, I Pop… - Applied Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Melting flow and heat transfer of electrically conductive phase change materials subjecting
to a non-uniform magnetic field are addressed in a square enclosure. The top and bottom …

A clear, strong, and thermally insulated transparent wood for energy efficient windows

R Mi, T Li, D Dalgo, C Chen, Y Kuang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The energy used for regulating building temperatures accounts for 14% of the primary
energy consumed in the US One‐quarter of this energy is leaked through inefficient glass …