Browsing Articles publicats (Informàtica i Enginyeria Industrial) by Author "Navarro Farré, Lidia"
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Behaviour of a concrete wall containing micro‐encapsulated PCM after a decade of its construction
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Pisello, Anna Laura; Olivieri, Lorenzo; Bartolomé, Cesar; Sánchez Sánchez, José; Álvarez Domínguez, Servando; Tenorio, José Antonio (Elsevier, 2019)Today, our society has the duty of reducing the energy consumed in the building sector. A promising technology to achieve this goal is the implementation of thermal energy storage (TES) solutions in buildings envelope. ... -
Benchmarking of useful phase change materials for a building application
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Solé, Aran; Martín, Marc; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Olivieri, Lorenzo; Tenorio, José Antonio; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2018)Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in more efficient building materials and new technologies to accomplish the objectives defined by energy policies. The combination of energy efficient building designs and integration ... -
Design of a prefabricated concrete slab with PCM inside the hollows
Cabeza, Luisa F.; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Castell, Albert; Álvarez, Servando (Elsevier, 2014)In the recent years, the integration of heat storage systems inside building components has been applied for heating and cooling purposes. The implementation of the thermal energy storage inside the building is used to ... -
Developing a PCM-enhanced mortar for thermally active precast walls
Olivieri, Lorenzo; Tenorio, José Antonio; Revuelta Crespo, David; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2018)This work presents an experimental research on the thermal properties of novel cementitious mortars incorporating microencapsulated Phase Change Materials intended to be used as the innermost layer in a precast radiant ... -
Energy performance of a ventilated double skin facade with PCM under different climates
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2015)New policies are being promoted worldwide to reduce the energy consumption for space heating and cooling in the building sector. As a new technology to achieve this objective, phase change material (PCM) panels were ... -
Evaluation of the environmental impact of experimental cubicles using Life Cycle Assessment: A highlight on the manufacturing phase
Menoufi, Karim Ali Ibrahim; Castell, Albert; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Boer, Dieter; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2012)Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been conducted for seven experimental cubicles located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain). The objective of this experimental set-up is to test different constructive solutions in order to point ... -
Experimental evaluation of a concrete core slab with phase change materials for cooling purposes
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2016)Due to the high amount of energy consumed by the building sector, efforts need to focus not only on improving the building envelope but also on enhancing the energy efficiency of HVAC systems. In this study, an innovative ... -
Experimental set-up for testing active and passive systems for energy savings in buildings - Lessons learnt
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Coma Arpón, Julià; Serrano, Susana; Romaní Picas, Joaquim; Pérez Luque, Gabriel; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2018)This paper describes a building prototype experimental set-up used for testing active and passive systems for energy savings, presenting the used methodology, reviewing the main experimental results and identifying ... -
Experimental study of a ventilated facade with PCM during winter period
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro; Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)The aim of this article is to test experimentally the thermal performance of a ventilated double skin facade (DSF) with phase change material (PCM) in its air channel, during the heating season in the Mediterranean climate. ... -
Experimental study of an active slab with PCM coupled to a solar air collector for heating purposes
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia, Álvaro de; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2016)Solar energy has been widely introduced in the building market to provide electricity, heating and domes-tic hot water for a sustainable development. However, the low-density and the mismatch between energysupply and demand ... -
High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Castell, Albert; Redpath, David A.G.; Griffiths, Philip; Cabeza, Luisa F. (2017)Renewable energy is a potential alternative energy provider with fewer CO2 emissions. However, the mismatch between energy supply and demand is the main disadvantage. Therefore, thermal energy storage becomes an essential ... -
In situ thermal and acoustic performance and environmental impact of the introduction of a shape-stabilized PCM layer for building applications
Barreneche Güerisoli, Camila; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2016)Energy consumption in buildings accounts for up to 34% of total energy demand in developed countries. Thermal energy storage (TES) through phase change materials (PCM) is considered as a promising solution for this energetic ... -
Life cycle assessment of a ventilated facade with PCM in its air chamber
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Boer, Dieter; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2014)In the buildings sector, the use of ventilated double skin facades in order to reduce the energy demand and the environmental impact of the building during its operational phase has grown significantly. However, the use ... -
Numerical modelling o f ventilated facades: A review
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Castell, Albert; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Oró Prim, Eduard; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)The use of double skin facades (DSF) in the building sector and its thermal benefits have been widely studied numerically over the last 30 years. These modelling and simulations are based on different typologies, which ... -
Numerical study on the thermal performance of a ventilated facade with PCM
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)A new type of ventilated facade (VF) with macro-encapsulated phase change material (PCM) in its air cavity is presented in this paper. Two identical house-like cubicles located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain) were monitored ... -
PCM incorporation in a concrete core slab as a thermal storage and supply system: proof of concept
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Castell, Albert; Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2015)Phase change materials (PCM) have been widely implemented in buildings envelope as passive system as well as in storage tanks for active systems. A new promising technology has been designed to act as a hybrid system ... -
Solar absorption in a ventilated facade with PCM. Experimental results
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro; Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2012)The paper investigates experimentally the thermal performance of a ventilated double skin facade (DSF) with phase change material (PCM) in its air channel, during the heating season in the Mediterranean climate. Two ... -
Thermal analysis of a ventilated facade with PCM for cooling applications
Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro; Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2013)A new type of ventilated facade (VF) with macro-encapsulated phase change material (PCM) in its air cavity is presented in this paper. The thermal performance of this special building envelope is experimentally tested ... -
Thermal behaviour of insulation and phase change materials in buildings with internal heat loads: experimental study
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Castell, Albert; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Springer Verlag, 2015)In recent years, the building sector is consuming high amount of energy; therefore, low energy buildings are promoted by the European Directives. In order to reduce the energy demand, improvements in the building envelope ... -
Thermal energy storage in building integrated thermal systems: A review. Part 1. active storage systems
Navarro Farré, Lidia; Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Colclough, Shane; Browne, Maria C.; McCormack, Sarah J.; Griffiths, Philip; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2016)Energy consumed by heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC) in buildings represents an important part of the global energy consumed in Europe. Thermal energy storage is considered as a promising technology ...