Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials
The subject of buildings energy efficiency has gained increased interest in modern society. Recently, researchers aiming to reduce the energy demand of buildings have studied the implementation of phase change materials (PCMs) in various building elements. At the same time, researchers studied the i...
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| author | Marius Brănoaea Andrei Burlacu Vasilică Ciocan Marina Verdeș Robert Ștefan Vizitiu |
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| description | The subject of buildings energy efficiency has gained increased interest in modern society. Recently, researchers aiming to reduce the energy demand of buildings have studied the implementation of phase change materials (PCMs) in various building elements. At the same time, researchers studied the implementation of unconventional technologies such as heat pipes (HP) in the buildings’ heating system. This paper combines both of these technologies in order to take advantage of the thermal storage properties of PCMs and overcome their reduced conductivity with heat pipes. Through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, this paper studies and highlights that with the implementation of a PCM, a reduction of the daily energy demand is achieved through the increase in the discharge phase time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da06acb8eb43466e919233df49d8d4b72023-11-21T00:21:13ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002020-12-016311510.3390/proceedings2020063015Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change MaterialsMarius Brănoaea0Andrei Burlacu1Vasilică Ciocan2Marina Verdeș3Robert Ștefan Vizitiu4Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi-Romania, Blvd. Mangeron, No. 1, 700050 Iasi, RomaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi-Romania, Blvd. Mangeron, No. 1, 700050 Iasi, RomaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi-Romania, Blvd. Mangeron, No. 1, 700050 Iasi, RomaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi-Romania, Blvd. Mangeron, No. 1, 700050 Iasi, RomaniaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi-Romania, Blvd. Mangeron, No. 1, 700050 Iasi, RomaniaThe subject of buildings energy efficiency has gained increased interest in modern society. Recently, researchers aiming to reduce the energy demand of buildings have studied the implementation of phase change materials (PCMs) in various building elements. At the same time, researchers studied the implementation of unconventional technologies such as heat pipes (HP) in the buildings’ heating system. This paper combines both of these technologies in order to take advantage of the thermal storage properties of PCMs and overcome their reduced conductivity with heat pipes. Through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, this paper studies and highlights that with the implementation of a PCM, a reduction of the daily energy demand is achieved through the increase in the discharge phase time.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/63/1/15phase change materialfloor heatingheat pipecomputational fluid dynamics |
| spellingShingle | Marius Brănoaea Andrei Burlacu Vasilică Ciocan Marina Verdeș Robert Ștefan Vizitiu Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials Proceedings phase change material floor heating heat pipe computational fluid dynamics |
| title | Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials |
| title_full | Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials |
| title_short | Numerical Investigation of a Novel Heat Pipe Radiant Floor Heating System with Integrated Phase Change Materials |
| title_sort | numerical investigation of a novel heat pipe radiant floor heating system with integrated phase change materials |
| topic | phase change material floor heating heat pipe computational fluid dynamics |
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