Conference Paper

Proceedings of BSO Conference 2018: Fourth Conference of IBPSA-England

Modeling Calibration and Energy Dynamic Simulation of Heating Radiant Floors with Phase Change Materials

Rosalía Pacheco-Torres, Elena Cerro-Prada, Soroush Rastegarpour, Luca Ferrarini

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study systematically the performance of Phase Change Materials (PCM) on a floor radiant heating system. The methodology encompasses a set of experimental analyses and dynamic modelling simulations. The experimental activity is conducted in a thermally isolated box equipped with data acquisition instrumentation. A fluid-based radiant floor is placed on an Energy Storage Mortar floor. Dynamic model simulations are run to better analyze the time domain characteristics of the models with different PCM contents, in order to understand how to exploit the main advantages of using different PCM contents on the pavement.
Pages: 382 - 388
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