Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review
Passive sustainable buildings are crucial for mitigating the energy crisis and addressing global warming by effectively reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and maximizing solar-energy utilization. This is particularly significant considering the energy consumption of heating, ventilation, and air-cond...
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| author | Shiqiang Zhou Mengjie Song Kui Shan A. Ghani Razaqpur Jinhui Jeanne Huang Xiaotong Zhu Sirui Yu |
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| description | Passive sustainable buildings are crucial for mitigating the energy crisis and addressing global warming by effectively reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and maximizing solar-energy utilization. This is particularly significant considering the energy consumption of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. The Trombe wall system is regarded as one of the most effective passive building technologies owing to its potential ability to store and release thermal energy to reduce temperature fluctuations and improve thermal comfort. More importantly, these effects can be enhanced by employing appropriate storage materials, particularly phase change materials (PCMs), owing to their unique thermal properties: high heat-storage capacity within narrow temperature variations. Therefore, this study reviews the passive application of PCMs to Trombe walls developed over the last 40 years. This study summarizes the PCM thermal-energy storage mechanism, classification, and encapsulation and provides a comprehensive list of different PCMs appropriate for Trombe walls in the laboratory or on the market. This work also provides a comprehensive and updated review of PCM Trombe wall configurations, including passive heating and passive hybrid (cooling and heating) configurations. Based on the review results, the main directions for future studies are established and proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f2a609ec9ed428fb2bc4612f4e1d1142025-07-14T04:15:29ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Energy Storage and Saving2772-68352025-06-0142195227Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a reviewShiqiang Zhou0Mengjie Song1Kui Shan2A. Ghani Razaqpur3Jinhui Jeanne Huang4Xiaotong Zhu5Sirui Yu6Zhengzhou Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450000, China; Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, ChinaDepartment of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea; Corresponding author at: Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 999077, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada; Corresponding author.Sino-Canada Joint R&D Center on Water and Environmental Safety, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, ChinaSino-Canada Joint R&D Center on Water and Environmental Safety, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, ChinaDepartment of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, ChinaPassive sustainable buildings are crucial for mitigating the energy crisis and addressing global warming by effectively reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and maximizing solar-energy utilization. This is particularly significant considering the energy consumption of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. The Trombe wall system is regarded as one of the most effective passive building technologies owing to its potential ability to store and release thermal energy to reduce temperature fluctuations and improve thermal comfort. More importantly, these effects can be enhanced by employing appropriate storage materials, particularly phase change materials (PCMs), owing to their unique thermal properties: high heat-storage capacity within narrow temperature variations. Therefore, this study reviews the passive application of PCMs to Trombe walls developed over the last 40 years. This study summarizes the PCM thermal-energy storage mechanism, classification, and encapsulation and provides a comprehensive list of different PCMs appropriate for Trombe walls in the laboratory or on the market. This work also provides a comprehensive and updated review of PCM Trombe wall configurations, including passive heating and passive hybrid (cooling and heating) configurations. Based on the review results, the main directions for future studies are established and proposed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772683524000323Phase change materialsPassive coolingPassive heatingLatent heat storageTrombe wall configuration |
| spellingShingle | Shiqiang Zhou Mengjie Song Kui Shan A. Ghani Razaqpur Jinhui Jeanne Huang Xiaotong Zhu Sirui Yu Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review Energy Storage and Saving Phase change materials Passive cooling Passive heating Latent heat storage Trombe wall configuration |
| title | Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review |
| title_full | Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review |
| title_fullStr | Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review |
| title_short | Passive application of phase change materials (PCMs) for the Trombe wall: a review |
| title_sort | passive application of phase change materials pcms for the trombe wall a review |
| topic | Phase change materials Passive cooling Passive heating Latent heat storage Trombe wall configuration |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772683524000323 |
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