Solar absorption in a ventilated facade with PCM. Experimental results

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2012
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Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de
Navarro Farré, Lidia
Castell, Albert
Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro
Álvarez, Servando
Cabeza, Luisa F.
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Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de; Navarro Farré, Lidia; Castell, Albert; Ruiz-Pardo, Álvaro; Álvarez, Servando; Cabeza, Luisa F.; . (2012) . Solar absorption in a ventilated facade with PCM. Experimental results. Energy Procedia, 2012, núm. 30, p. 986 – 994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.111.
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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 identical house-like cubicles located in Puigverd de Lleida (Spain) were monitored during winter 2012, and in one of them, a ventilated facade with PCM was located in the south wall. The ventilated facade can operate under mechanical or natural ventilation mode and its thermal control depends on the weather conditions and the energetic demand of the building. The experimental results conclude that even though the use of the ventilated facade with PCM improves significantly the thermal behaviour of the whole building (working as a heat supplier in free floating tests, and reducing significantly the electrical consumption of the HVAC systems), these improvements might be increased if a thermal control is used.
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1st International Conference on Solar Heating and Coolingfor Buildings and Industry (SHC 2012)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/47823
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.111
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Energy Procedia, 2012, núm. 30, p. 986 – 994
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