Study of the thermal behavior of a heated brick containing a phase change material

Abstract

Phase change materials (PCM) have great potential for use in modern building materials to stabilize indoor temperature fluctuations to improve thermal comfort without increasing energy consumption. This paper investigates the thermal performance and impact of PCM inserted inside the enclosures of the bricks via heat transfer analysis of a building brick under summer dominant conditions. A time-dependent simulation of a 3D brick model, incorporating the PCM, has been developed for numerical investigation.