Experimental study of passive cooling of building facade using phase change materials to increase thermal comfort in buildings in hot humid areas

... Foundation. All rights reserved. Experimental study of passive cooling of building facade using phase change materials to increase thermal comfort in buildings in hot humid areas A. A. Madhumathi 1 , ... in building sector. This work presents the results of an experimental set-up to test energy saving potential of phase change mater...

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... generally of one or more solar collector connected to a thermal storage tank through suitable piping. A storage system differs from the conventional one by integrating the collector and storage tank into ... hours of the day The total stored energy on the 18 August was found to be 105.92 MJ/m 3 with a temperature increase during working hours of 25.2˚C (from 19.2˚C to a maximu...

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... Space Heating and Cooling in Buildings. Proceedings of AIRAH Performance Enhanced Buildings Environmentally Sustainable Design Conference, 2004. [11] Ravikumar M., Srinivasan P. S. S., Phase Change ... 1.4 Phase change material layers The addition of a phase change material (PCM) into the external wall of a building has been shown to reduce the amount of energy...

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... involved in what is happening in the class by asking for more information or explanation, volunteering to perform an activity, or sharing personal experience relating to the topics being discussed. ... going to get involved in. Sometimes, we may ask them to repeat the instructions or to translate them into their first language so as to check that they do understand. In...

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... processes, including the cooling dehumidification and the isothermal dehumidification. During the cooling dehumidifying process from A to B, the variation of the relative humidity was weak, proceeding ... 98 % to 90 %. In contrast, the isothermal dehumidifying process from B to C experienced a major change of the relative humidity varying from 90 % to 40 %. From the po...

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... this study was placed in front of exit section of ice generator at a distance of 1 m, so that the flow gets stabilized before reaching to wind turbine model. Water droplets were introduced in the ... as icing rate, load and type under severe icing conditions simultaneously. The main purpose of an ice detector is to detect and indicate the rate of an icing event. Depending...

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... gasification step of these materials and subsequent use of the product gas into existing boilers has also been studied [8, 9]. This work aimed at investigating the thermal behavior of PW and RDF ... least twice to determine their reproducibility, which was found to be very good. 3. Kinetic model The kinetics of thermal decomposition of biomass materials is complica...

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... in two words on each side of the key word, so as to simplify the appraisal of the effect of ver- bal setting. Only words of sufficiently general use to be included in the Fifth Edition of ... which the word to be in- terpreted occurs, i.e., the other words with which it is being used. The problem of this study is to determine to what extent and in what w...

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... resistance. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2002, 5:551-559.14. Marette A: Mediators of cytokine-induced insulin resistance in obesity and other inflammatory settings. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care ... patient prone tohyperglycaemia are a subject of speculation, but almostcertainly include pre-existing increased insulin resistanceand dysfunction of beta cells. Insulin resistance is pr...

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