A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application

Wang, X; Li, W; Luo, Z; Wang, K; Shah, SP

A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application

Wang, X Li, W

Luo, Z Wang, K Shah, SP

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Publisher:: Elsevier BV
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Energy and Buildings, 2022, 260, pp. 111923
Issue Date:: 2022-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wang, X
dc.contributor.author	Li, W https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-1215
dc.contributor.author	Luo, Z
dc.contributor.author	Wang, K
dc.contributor.author	Shah, SP
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-03T07:06:48Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-03T07:06:48Z
dc.date.issued	2022-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Energy and Buildings, 2022, 260, pp. 111923
dc.identifier.issn	0378-7788
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/156942
dc.description.abstract	Building construction deserves many attentions due to its huge energy consumption, while Phase Change Materials (PCMs) provide positive solutions for improving energy efficiency and enhancing the thermal properties of construction materials. However, PCMs also present some negative impacts, such as weakening mechanical properties and increasing costs, chemical instability and so on. In this paper, the main characteristics of PCMs, design and incorporating methods, effects on energy consumption and construction reliability are comprehensively reviewed and discussed. Although many materials have the capacity of phase change, some organic PCMs are more suitable due to the higher latent heat and favourable phase change point in buildings, when eutectic PCMs present greater potential to become the optimal one but much effort is required for investigations. Current design methods and application in construction materials can meet the essential requirements, but the effectiveness is inadequate, including low efficiency of phase changing, leading to low energy storage. Subsequently, some promising research direction and critical areas for optimization are also proposed accordingly in this paper. Future development of PCMs, including novel PCM and efficient incorporation, real applications and functions in buildings are proposed. Additionally, multifunctional construction materials combining PCM deserve much attention and possess promising prospect for energy saving in sustainable and energy efficient building construction.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IH200100010
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP220101051
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy and Buildings
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111923
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	09 Engineering, 12 Built Environment and Design
dc.subject.classification	Building & Construction
dc.title	A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	260
utslib.for	09 Engineering
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CBI - Centre for Built Infrastructure
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dc.date.updated	2022-05-03T07:06:46Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
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Abstract:

Building construction deserves many attentions due to its huge energy consumption, while Phase Change Materials (PCMs) provide positive solutions for improving energy efficiency and enhancing the thermal properties of construction materials. However, PCMs also present some negative impacts, such as weakening mechanical properties and increasing costs, chemical instability and so on. In this paper, the main characteristics of PCMs, design and incorporating methods, effects on energy consumption and construction reliability are comprehensively reviewed and discussed. Although many materials have the capacity of phase change, some organic PCMs are more suitable due to the higher latent heat and favourable phase change point in buildings, when eutectic PCMs present greater potential to become the optimal one but much effort is required for investigations. Current design methods and application in construction materials can meet the essential requirements, but the effectiveness is inadequate, including low efficiency of phase changing, leading to low energy storage. Subsequently, some promising research direction and critical areas for optimization are also proposed accordingly in this paper. Future development of PCMs, including novel PCM and efficient incorporation, real applications and functions in buildings are proposed. Additionally, multifunctional construction materials combining PCM deserve much attention and possess promising prospect for energy saving in sustainable and energy efficient building construction.

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