@JournalArticle {2210,
	title = {Experimental and numerical studies of hybrid PCM embedded in plastering mortar for enhanced thermal behaviour of buildings},
	journal = {Energy},
	volume = {94},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016-01-01 00:00:00},
	pages = {250-261},
	publisher = {Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ldt.},
	abstract = {
This paper proposes a methodology for improvement of energy efficiency in buildings through the\ innovative simultaneous incorporation of three distinct phase change materials (here termed as hybrid\ PCM) in plastering mortars for fa{\c c}ade walls. The thermal performance of a hybrid PCM mortar was\ experimentally evaluated by comparing the behaviour of a prototype test cell (including hybrid PCM\ plastering mortar) subjected to realistic daily temperature profiles, with the behaviour of a similar\ prototype test cell, in which no PCM was added. A numerical simulation model was employed (using\ ANSYS-FLUENT) to validate the capacity of simulating temperature evolution within the prototype\ containing hybrid PCM, as well as to understand the contribution of hybrid PCM to energy efficiency.\ Incorporation of hybrid PCM into plastering mortars was found to have the potential to significantly\ reduce heating/cooling temperature demands for maintaining the interior temperature within comfort\ levels when compared to normal mortars (without PCM), or even mortars comprising a single type of\ PCM.
},
	keywords = {Buildings., Energy Efficiency, Fa{\c c}ade, Hybrid PCM, Plastering mortar},
	issn = {0360-5442},
	doi = {10.1016/j.energy.2015.10.131},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544215015091},
	author = {Kheradmand, M. and Azenha, M. and Aguiar, J. B. and Castro-Gomes, J. P.}
}