Jan Kosny, a winner of a 2009 R&D 100 Award for the development of phase-change materials, is one the world’s leading building envelope researchers with over 30 years experiences in the building sciences. It also provides a useful resource for professionals involved in architectural and mechanical-civil engineering design, thermal testing and PCM manufacturing.ĭr. This book is intended for students and researchers of mechanical, architectural and civil engineering and postgraduate students of energy analysis, dynamic design of building structures, and dynamic testing procedures.
Finally, a wide range of PCM building products are presented which are commercially available worldwide. Further chapters discuss experimental and theoretical analyses (including available software) to determine dynamic thermal and energy performance characteristics of building enclosure components containing PCMs, and present different laboratory and field testing methods. In addition to this, it examines a range of PCM-enhanced building products in the process of development as well as examples of whole-building-scale field demonstrations. It reviews the most common PCMs suitable for building applications, and discusses PCM encapsulation and packaging methods.
Presenting an overview of the use of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) within buildings, this book discusses the performance of PCM-enhanced building envelopes.