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In determining the temperature field generated within a room subjected to exterior daily variation of temperatures and solar radiation, and in view of the difficulty (or even impossibility) of obtaining analytical solutions for the descriptive differential equations of the phenomenon in most practical applications, numerical tools are used. The choice of the Finite Element Method (FEM) as a numerical methodology for solving the thermal problem associated with heat transfer in current building materials and phase change materials makes sense, as it is a well-known technique, generalize and dominated, however, still little applied to the domain of building physics. The proposed numerical simulation was performed with three main objectives: (i) the numerical resolution of the mathematical problem of heat transfer in phase change materials using the finite element method, in a three-dimensional (3D) analysis; (ii) the validation of numerical simulation capability by comparing the results obtained experimentally with the results obtained numerically; (iii) the evaluation of some of the potentialities of the numerical tool in the treatment and presentation of results. During the experimental campaign two test cells with distinct inner layers: (i) one with a reference mortar, hereinafter referred to as REFM test cell (Without PCM); (ii) another with a PCM mortar, hereinafter referred to as the PCMM test cell (With PCM). The test cells were placed outdoors and therefore have a differential effect of solar radiation. The temperatures monitored inside the REFM and PCMM test cells during the experimental campaign were compared with the values resulting from the numerical simulation using the finite element method with 3D discretization, and the obtained results revealed a significant coherence of values. An application of a solar radiation method was developed and linked, without neglecting the observation of the effect of the PCM.
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Sá, A.V., Azenha, M., Guimarães, A.S., Delgado, J.M.P.Q. (2021). Modelling Solar Radiation and Heat Transfer of Phase Change Materials Enhanced Test Cells. In: Delgado, J.M. (eds) Efficient and Suitable Construction. Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62829-1_5
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