Effect of microencapsulated phase change material in sandwich panels

Castellón, Cecilia; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Roca Enrich, Joan; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Navarro, Maria E.; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; Lázaro, Ana; Zalba, Belén

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.03.030

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2010

Author

Castellón, Cecilia

Medrano Martorell, Marc

Roca Enrich, Joan

Cabeza, Luisa F.

Navarro, Maria E.

Fernández Renna, Ana Inés

Lázaro, Ana

Zalba, Belén

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Castellón, Cecilia; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Roca Enrich, Joan; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Navarro, Maria E.; Fernández Renna, Ana Inés; ... Zalba, Belén. (2010) . Effect of microencapsulated phase change material in sandwich panels. Renewable Energy, 2010, núm. 35, p. 2370-2374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.03.030.

Abstract

Sandwich panels are a good option as building materials, as they offer excellent characteristics in a modular system. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using the microencapsulated PCM (Micronal BASF) in sandwich panels to increase their thermal inertia and to reduce the

energy demand of the final buildings. In this paper, to manufacture the sandwich panel with microencapsulated PCM three different methods were tested. In case 1, the PCM was added mixing the microencapsulated PCM with one of the components of the polyurethane. In the other two cases, the PCM was added either a step before (case 2) or a step after (case 3) to the addition of the polyurethane to the metal sheets. The results show that in case 1 the effect of PCM was overlapped by a possible increase in thermal conductivity, but an increase of thermal inertia was found in case 3. In case 2, different results were obtained due to the poor distribution of the PCM. Some samples showed the effect of the PCM (higher thermal inertia), and other samples results were similar to the conventional sandwich panel. In both cases (2 and 3), it is required to industrialize the process to improve the results.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/47789

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2010.03.030

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Renewable Energy, 2010, núm. 35, p. 2370-2374