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Computer Simulation of Passive Cooling of Wooden House Covered by Phase Change Material

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  • Hana Charvátová

    (Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 760 05 Zlín, Czech Republic)

  • Aleš Procházka

    (Department of Computing and Control Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
    Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, 166 36 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Martin Zálešák

    (Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 760 05 Zlín, Czech Republic)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to computer simulations of the distribution and time evolution of the temperature in a wooden house in summer. The goal of simulations was to assess the effect of covering walls inside the house with a PCM (phase change material) on its passive cooling, which prevents the undesired overheating of the house and provides the required thermal comfort for the occupants under warm summer days. Computer simulations were performed by the COMSOL Multiphysics software (COMSOL Inc., Stockholm, Sweden). A model of a house without the PCM coverage was compared with models of houses in which the PCM was located on all walls, except a floor, and on a wall opposite the window. Results of simulations proved that the wood wall thickness and PCMs location influence overheating the wooden house. Under studied conditions, the coverage of a wall opposite the window best eliminated extremes of the air temperature inside the house. The maximum temperature decrease was 3.9 ° C (i.e., drop of 31.1%) comparing the house which wall opposite the window was covered by the PCM and the house without the PCM coverage.

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  • Hana Charvátová & Aleš Procházka & Martin Zálešák, 2020. "Computer Simulation of Passive Cooling of Wooden House Covered by Phase Change Material," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:22:p:6065-:d:447890
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