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Impact of Using Phase Change Materials with Different Wall Orientations in a Classroom Building Under a Warm Temperate Climate

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Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022 (SEB 2022)

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In this paper, the effect of the integration of Phase Change Material panels for summer thermal comfort and cooling demand of a classroom under warm temperate climate was numerically assessed. The PCM panels are fixed on the internal faces of the walls (east, west and south) and roof. They are modeled using TRNSYS software, specifically Type 339. A comparison before and after using PCM on the roof and the east, west and south walls as well as on the combination wall-roof was undertaken. The results showed that the cooling demand was reduced from 6.8 kWh/m2/year to 5.5 kWh/m2/year with the combined roof-wall configuration of PCM compared to the initial case. Indoor temperature was reduced by 1.13 ℃ for the roof-wall configuration. Moreover, with regard to the thermal comfort standard that requires an indoor temperature between 21 ℃ and 27 ℃, this combination reduced the discomfort hours by 25% comparing to the base case.

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  1. LMSEA Laboratoire de Mécanique et Systèmes Energétiques Avancés, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique de Constantine, BP75, A, Nouvelle Ville Ali Mendjli, 25000, Constantine, Algérie

    Mohammed Amin Nassim Haddad & Hamza Semmari

  2. Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, Route de l’observatoire, BP 62, BouzareahAlger, Algérie

    Khaled Imessad

  3. MSME Laboratoire, UMR-8208 CNRS, Université Gustave Eiffel, 77420, Marne-la-Vallée, France

    Mohammed Cherif Lekhal

  4. Centre National d’Etudes et de Recherches Intégrées du Bâtiment, CNERIB, Alger, Algérie

    Lotfi Derradji & Mohamed Amara

  5. Energy and Environment Laboratory, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Constantine 3, Ali Mendjeli, 25016, Constantine, Algeria

    D. Rouag-Saffidine

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Haddad, M.A.N. et al. (2023). Impact of Using Phase Change Materials with Different Wall Orientations in a Classroom Building Under a Warm Temperate Climate. In: Littlewood, J., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022 . SEB 2022. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 336. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8769-4_14

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