The Effect of Type and Location of a Phase Change Material (PCM) Layer in a Building Wall on Energy Consumption using Numerical Simulation

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Arezoo Soleimani Dashtaki ¹ , Afshin Ahmadi Nadooshan ² , Afshin Abedi ³

1 - Engineering Faculty, Shahrekord University, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Engineering Faculty, Shahrekord University, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering Islamic Azad University, Majlesi Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2019-04-05 Accepted : 2019-09-15 Published : 2019-12-01

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