Thermal energy can be stored as a latent heat in building structures
by materials with low phase change temperature called phase
change materials (PCM).
In this paper, an analytical and mathematical study of the PCM
wallboards was done by simulat
e its thermal behavior, depending on
governing heat transfer equations which describe the phase change
process of the PCM wallboard.
In this paper, an analytical and mathematical study of the PCM
wallboards was done by simulate its thermal behavior, depending on
governing heat transfer equations which describe the phase change
process of the PCM wallboard . A mathematical model
was done
and used to simulate the thermal behavior of several different
structures of the wall (single PCM wallboard, PCM wallboard +
thermal insulation layer, PCM wallboard + a concrete block).
The objective of this investigation is to study the influence of application of phase
change material (PCM) in solar basin stills for improving its productivity.
The experimental results of this investigation showed that using phase change
materia
l (paraffin wax) in solar basin still improved its daily productivity, which increased
with increasing the mass of phase change material. The highest increase ratio of daily
productivity was 26.3[%] when using 3.5[kg] of phase change material in plastic case, and
it was 34.74[%] when using 4.5[kg] of phase change material (PCM) in metal case.
Also the experimental results of this investigation showed an increase in the period
of working basin still provided with phase change material compared with basin still
without phase change material. This is owing to the latent heat stored in phase change
material, which is emitted to water when solar radiation decreases. This results in longer
period of work for the basin still.
