Advancements in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Assessment of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational fluid dynamics; energy storage; air quality; ventilation; smart building; energy efficiency; renewable energy; heat and mass transfer
Interests: energy efficiency; numerical modeling of heat and mass transfers; smart building
Interests: civil engineering; green materials; concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; high-performance concrete
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Interests: renewable energy; concentrated solar power; energy efficiency; microclimate management; energy storage, exergy; PCMs; buildings; fluid dynamics; heat exchangers
Interests: energy efficiency; smart materials; smart building
Interests: energy efficiency; thermal energy storage; phase change materials; circular economy; thermophysical characterization; smart buildings; heat transfer; composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Incorporating phase change materials (PCMs) into building applications offers a promising solution to reduce energy consumption and improve thermal conditions for building occupants. Despite the growing interest in this area, with many applications having already been considered, research mainly focuses on the energy and economic efficiency of PCMs, while their environmental impact is often neglected.
Hence, this Special Issue focuses on advancements in thermal and energy modeling of PCMs integrated into building applications. It also investigates the impact of PCM integration on energy performance and environmental sustainability, while suggesting ways forward for sustainable building design.
The scope of this Special Issue covers a wide range of related topics, including but not limited to the following: the modeling of phase change materials, life-cycle assessment (LCA) of phase change materials, heat and mass transfer in buildings, simulation for energy storage systems, life-cycle assessment, building materials and products for energy efficiency, and simulation and experiments on PCM-incorporated building envelopes for energy efficiency.
We kindly invite researchers to contribute to this Special Issue titled "Advancements in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Assessment of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications".
Dr. Zohir Younsi
Dr. Naoual Belouaggadia
Dr. Nassim Sebaibi
Dr. Salwa Bouadila
Dr. Nicolas Youssef
Dr. Mohamed Lachheb
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- environmental impact
- energy efficiency
- energy storage
- life-cycle assessment
- phase change material
- buildings
- sustainable development
- numerical simulations
