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Integration of water sorption hysteresis for heat and mass transfer modeling

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In the present work, the impact of water sorption hysteresis on the coupled heat/moisture transfer of building materials is investigated. After a review of the literature, the independent model of Mualem was identified and integrated into a simulation tool for coupled transfers. Then, a comparison between the simulation (with and without hysteresis) and experimental results was carried out for temperature, partial vapor pressure and relative humidity. This comparison shows that the integration of Mualem hardly changes the simulations. Further, this model has been modified and integrated into the same tool. The modified model has produced more convincing results as the error percentage of the relative humidity has been divided by a factor 2 (RH presents the highest error compared to other parameters). An analysis of the obtained results has revealed another hygrothermal parameter which is often neglected and could impact the hygrothermal modeling: the complementary sorption heat.

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  1. Thierry Duforestel and Rafik Belarbi contributed equally to this work.

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  1. TREE, EDF R&D Lab Les Renardières, Moret-sur-Loing, 77818, France

    Imane Oubrahim & Thierry Duforestel

  2. LaSIE, UMR 7356, CNRS, La Rochelle Université, Avenue Michel Crépeau, La Rochelle Cedex 1, 17042, France

    Imane Oubrahim & Rafik Belarbi

  3. 4ev Lab, CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, Electricité de France EDF, Avenue Michel Crépeau, La Rochelle Cedex 1, 17042, France

    Imane Oubrahim, Thierry Duforestel & Rafik Belarbi

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Oubrahim, I., Duforestel, T. & Belarbi, R. Integration of water sorption hysteresis for heat and mass transfer modeling. Heat Mass Transfer 58, 1757–1770 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-022-03201-6

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