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Abstract
The application of phase change materials (PCM) as energy
storage materials in buildings has gathered momentum over
recent years. One potential concept being pursued for
minimizing cooling and heating loads is the integrated PCM
wallboard system. Room is constructed by attaching PCM
wallboardsPCM wall board consist of Gypsum wall board is
packed by means of phase change materials fatty acid such as
coconut oil. This study evaluates the concept of
laminated-PCMs as integral part of wallboard system in
building fabric. The integrating PCM promotes rapid transfer
of latent heat, sharp response to indoor temperature and
minimizes multidimensional mode of heat transfer. It also
facilitates production and recycling methods of wallboards.
The investigation into the thermal performance of the
laminated wallboard system was done numerically and
experimentally. Through series of heat transfer simulations
and under different sets of properties and conditions, the
surface temperature variations were obtained. The
temperature variations were then used to calculate the heat
flux and the total amount of heat transferred in and out of the
wallboard.

I ndex TermsPhase Change Material, Wall board, Heat
transfer, Brick wall

1. INTRODUCTION
Rapid development has lead to huge demand on energy. In
an attempt to conserve energy and reduce dependency on
fossil fuels and also to reduce the greenhouse gas emission, it
is essential to seek effective means of reducing peaks in power
consumption and to shift portions of the load from periods of
maximum demand. Storage of thermal energy, hence,
becomes an important aspect in engineering application,
especially in energy conservation in buildings. For example,
heat collected during periods of bright sunshine can be stored,
preserved and later released for utilisation during the night in
solar energy systems. Heat storage can also be applied in
buildings where heating needs are significant and electricity
rates allow heat storage to be competitive with other forms of
heating. The search for suitable heat storage materials has
recently been directed towards the use of low melting organic
materials in an effort to avoid some of the problems inherent
in inorganic phase change materials, for example super
cooling and segregation. An overview of the literatures on the
characterisation, application and limitations of fatty acids as


phase change material (PCMs) energy storage. Large thermal
storage devices have been used in the past to overcome the
Shortcomings of alternative cooling sources, or to avoid high
demand charges. Buildings designed to make use of thermal
storage include features which increase thermal mass. These
may be used for storage only, or may serve both as storage and
as structural elements. Several structural materials satisfy the
requirements for sensible heat storage; these include concrete,
steel, adobe, stone and bricks. Latent heat storage uses a phase
change material as a storage medium. This concept is
particularly interesting for lightweight building construction.
When developing strategies to minimise energy consumption
within buildings it is crucial to understand the dynamics of
energy generation and loss. This project aims to investigate
some of the contributions to heat generation and loss studied
through the development of a number of empirical models[4].
From these models of the heat flows within a building a
thermal model may be derived allowing us to relate heat flows
to the variations in temperature. The models developed will
have adjustable parameters corresponding to different
contributions to the heat budget and so by accurately
understanding the form of temperature variation we aim to
appreciate the most important factors in the energy
consumption and production within the building. Latent heat
storage is a developing technology that has been found to be
very promising in recent times due to the several operational
advantages it offers. Research is underway to develop many
kinds of phase change materials (PCMs) as thermal energy
storage. Fatty acids have good potential thermal
characteristics PCM since they have desired thermodynamic
and kinetic criteria for low temperature latent heat storage. An
added advantage is that fatty acids are derived from the
common vegetable and animal soil that provides an assurance
of continuous supply. This article has summarised the studies
that have been carried out by many other workers on fatty acid
as PCM in thermal energy storage. However, in the present
market situation, an investment in fatty acids as PCM storage
in the building materials may not be economically justified if
only energy savings were accounted for. Therefore, the effect
of improved thermal comfort should also be taken into
consideration. In order that more interest would be shown in
the use of PCM building elements, it is obvious that more
Thermal analysis of PCM based building wall for
cooling
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work should be done on enhancing and improving the
economic viability of such an investment.

1.1PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL
A phase-change material (PCM) is a substance with a high
heat of fusion which, melting and solidifying at a certain
temperature, is capable of storing and releasing large amounts
of energy. Heat is absorbed or released when the material
changes from solid to liquid and vice versa; thus, PCMs are
classified as latent heat storage (LHS) units.PCM undergoing
phase change freezing, melting, condensing, or boiling
process. A material absorbs or releases large amounts of heat
with small changes in temperature. Phase change applications
typically involve liquid/solid transitions. The Phase Change
Material (PCM) is solidified when cooling resources are
available, and melted when cooling is needed. PCMs have
two important advantages as storage media: they can offer an
order-of magnitude increase in heat capacity, and for pure
substances, their discharge is almost isothermal So far, only
samples of PCM-treated wallboard exist. There are several
approaches to treat wallboard with PCM material; however,
none of these approaches has been tried in the industrial
production process. The manufacturing of phase change
material (PCM) imbedded in gypsum board, plaster or other
wall-covering material would allow the thermal storage to
become part of the building's structure [4]. This would permit
the storage of high amounts of energy without changing the
temperature of the room envelope. Since storage would take
place inside the building where the loads occur, rather than
outside, additional transport energy would not be required.
Phase change materials can only store energy, but not remove
it. In passive applications of structural thermal storage, the
heat is being released into the room as soon as the room air
temperature falls below the phase change temperature. This
heat release mechanism keeps the surface temperatures of the
room envelope at a high temperature level for a long time.
This has certain advantages for the heat transfer mechanism
during the discharge of the thermal storage. Besides the
passive application, treated wallboard could be coupled with
a hydronic loop. Combining continuous discharge and phase
change material allows the discharge of thermal energy
storage without releasing the energy back into the conditioned
space.

1.2 FATTY ACIDS AS PCMS
Fatty acids are one of the organic phase change materials.
They possess some superior properties over other PCMs such
as melting congruency, good chemical stability, non-toxicity
and suitable melting temperature range for solar passive
heating applications. These materials, in their liquid phase,
have a surface tension in the order of 2-3 x10
-4
N/cm that is
high enough to be retained in the structure of the host
material. These materials possess elevated latent heat of
transition and high specific heat (in the range 1.9-2.1 J/g C).
It also exhibits only small volume changes during melting or
solidification (example: melting dilatation is around 0.1-0.2
ml/g). In addition, little or no super cooling occurs during the
phase transition with these materials, which is an important
advantage over many other PCMs [5].Because of the
protected carboxyl group, fatty acid base PCMs are
chemically, heat and colour stable, low corrosion activity and
nontoxic. The raw materials of fatty acids are derived from
renewable vegetable and animal sources. This assures a
continuing non pollutant source of supply.

1.3 PRODUCTION OF FATTY-ACID BASED
PCM
Fatty-acid based PCM can be produced in the following
categories [5]:
1. Naturally occurring triglycerides.
2. Hydrates of acids of triglycerides and their mixtures.
3. Esters of the fatty acids of naturally occurring triglycerides.
4. Refined/synthesised triglyceride products produced by a
combination of fractionation and Trans esterification on
processes.
5. Synthesised triglyceride products using hydrogenation (or
dehydrogenation) and fractionation.
6. Synthesised triglyceride products using cis-trans
isomerisation and fractionation.
7. Synthesised fatty acid derivatives that have the desired
freezing point temperatures.
8. Refined fatty acid hydrates that have the desired freezing
point temperatures.
9. Prepared mixtures produced by essentially any of the
previous processing approaches with other chemicals
(preferable cheap and nontoxic) to produce eutectic
compositions with the desired freezing point temperature
range.

1.4 FATTY ACIDS AS PCMS IN BUILDING
MATERIALS APPLICATION
The characteristics of PCMs have made them inherently
suitable for use in buildings for energy conservation purposes
without the complications brought about by other thermal
storage devices requiring separate plant and space.
Solid/liquid transitions within the pores do not cause any
leaking of materials in wallboard. Concepts of wallboard with
PCMs thermal energy storage have been receiving increasing
attention, particularly in countries with fluctuating climate
conditions several works have been carried out in order to
study the thermal properties of the binary mixtures of fatty
acid and its compatibility with the building materials. Gypsum
wallboard to be compatible with a broad range of PCMs,
including fatty acids and esters [7]. The compatibility of
concrete blocks is basically dependent on the presence of
calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH)
2
) in the block, since certain
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organic PCMs will react with it. A mixture of 20% methyl
palmitate and 80% methyl stearate provided a sharp
solid-liquid phase transition at ambient temperature with a
latent enthalpy similar to that of paraffins. This mixture is
one of many possible derivatives of fats and oils.
Unfortunately, the highly refined methylpalmitate and methyl
stearate are too costly to compete with paraffins. The
absorption capacities of PCM in the specimens and
compressive strength tests show that the composite was
capable of storing up to 30% wt of PCM. The composite can
be produced in the form of floor, wall or ceiling tiles capable
of storing energy up to 766 kJ/m
2
. The mechanisms of
absorption and established a means of developing and using
absorption constants for PCM concrete to achieve diffusion of
the desired amount of organic PCM and hence the required
thermal storage capacity. The effects of temperature, PCM
viscosity, concrete density and hydrogen bonding on PCM
penetration was studied in order to optimise the effective use
of PCM concrete. Properties of fatty acids (capric, lauric,
palmitic and stearic acids) and their binary structures. The
melting range of these fatty acids was observed to vary from
30 to 65C and having the latent heat of transition vary from
153to182 kJ/kg. These properties have made these fatty acids
be the potential candidates in TES applications. Specific heat
of these composites materials in the temperature range
1060C, which area. Gypsum: before impregnation, C
p
= 1.8
kJ/kg C after impregnation, C
p
= 2.0 kJ/kg C. Brick: before
impregnation, C
p
= 1.6 kJ/kg C after impregnation, C
p
= 1.7
kJ/kg C. Their findings indicate that the latent heat of fusion
has contributed to the overall heat storage capacity in a
wallboard impregnated with the esters and their mixtures.
Unlike the pure methyl stearate system, the thermal storage
capacity of a gypsum wallboard impregnated with eutectic
mixture of methyl stearate and methyl palmitate, as well as the
value of the melting point of the eutectic, makes this
combination promising for possible use in passive solar
building. The eutectic mixture has shown the most sharp
phase transition at the lowest temperature, 23.9C, which has
been almost an ideal value for passive solar applications.
Several phase-change materials mixtures (methyl esters,
methyl palmitate and methyl stearate, and mixtures of short
chain acids, capric and lauric acid) to be suitable for
introduction into gypsum wallboard with possible thermal
storage application for the Florida climate. Although these
materials had relatively high latent heat capacity, the
temperature ranges required to achieve that thermal storage
did not fall sufficiently within the range of comfort for
buildings in hot climates the thermal dynamics of gypsum
wallboards impregnated by fatty acids and paraffin waxes as
PCMs that are subjected to diurnal variation of room
temperature. His findings had shown that the PCM wallboard
thermal storage would be sufficient enough to capture large
solar heating fractions.
1.5 THERMAL PERFORMANCE
As all organic PCM will continue to burn in normal
atmospheric conditions after Igniting, potentially severe
fire-hazards related to PCM-treated wallboard exist. Two
tested methods have shown promising results in eliminating
the fire hazard for treated wallboards: limiting the amount of
PCM to 20%, and sequentially treating the plasterboard with
PCM, and with insoluble fire retardant only ultra-pure
paraffins melt and freeze sharply at a given temperature.
Mixtures of PCM show a region of temperatures where
melting takes place.

Table 1. Physical Properties of Treated Wallboard


Results from experimental studies and simulation exercises
showed clearly that the treated wallboard does not act like
an ideal storage material, which would melt and freeze at a
specific temperature. Comparison between measured data
and simulation results for the dynamic behaviour of a stack
of wall boards showed that the best agreement was obtained
if the specific heat as a function of temperature was
modelled by the typical triangular-shaped curve. Numerical
Description of Phase Change Material. As the specific heat
is taken as the temperature derivative of the specific
enthalpy, the specific
Fig.1 the endothermic DSC thermo grams

heat as a function of temperature shows a discontinuity at the
melting temperature Tm.

Wallboard
Densit
y Kg/
m
3

Specific
heat
kJ /kg-k
Cond
uctivit
y
W/m-
k
Latent
heat
kJ /kg
Con-v 696 1.089 0.173 0
10%PCM 720 1.215 0.187 19.3
16%PCM 760 1.299 0.192 31.0
20%PCM 800 1.341 0.204 38.9
30%PCM 998 1.146 0.232 58.3

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The specific heat can be described by
C
p
(T)=dh/dt
And enthalpy by
h =C
p
(T)dt

At the melting point Tm, the specific heat shows very high
positive values. The thermal diffusivity a is constant at high
and low temperature levels, where we find the linear
temperature regimes. While crystalline substances and
eutectics show a discontinuous transition, many materials
(e.g., mixtures) show continuous enthalpy curves as a function
of temperature. This leads to a mushy region between the
solid and the liquid phase. In the mushy region, the thermal
diffusivity decreases, with different derivatives on both sides
of the melting point.
The following description for the specific enthalpy:

h(T) =C
p1
T+h
1
T T
m
h(T) =C
p1
T
m
+(h
2
-h
1
)+ C
p2
(T-T
m
)-
2
T>T
m

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2.1. DEFINITION OF PROBLEM
The objective of this work is to demonstrate the
possibility of using microencapsulated PCM in concrete,
achieving high energy savings in buildings. The work here
presented is the experimental installation of two real size
concrete cubicles to study the effect of the inclusion of a
phase change material with a melting point of 26C, and a
phase change enthalpy of110 kJ/kg. The results of this study
show the energy storage in the walls by encapsulated PCMs
and the comparison with the standard concrete without
phase change material. The cubicle with PCM showed
higher thermal inertia than the reference cubicle, a given
temperature is reached about 2 hours later in the cubicle
with PCM than in the cubicle without PCM, for example in
Summer this thermal inertia appears early in the morning
due to freezing of the PCM and during the afternoon due to
the melting of the PCM. Different experiments were
performed in order to have a real behaviour of a building.
After seeing the results with the different cases and the
comparisons among them, it can be concluded that all the
cases had their advantages or disadvantages according to
the months or seasons.
2.2. MODIFIED SYSTEM
The proposed system room is constructed by attaching
PCM wallboards.PCM wallboard consists of Gypsum wall
board is packed by means of phase change materials such as
paraffin wax and fatty acid such as lauric acid and air
ventilation holes are present.

2.3. METHODOLOGY
The following methods occurred from the start of the
project right up to the finish:
(1) Thermal analysis of with and without brick wall
(2) Analytical modeling of the system
(3) Analyzing using ANSYS 12

2.4. SELECTION OF PCM
After various studies, it was decided to use paraffin wax
and Lauric acid as the phase change material. Lauric acid is
selected because of its melting temperature and its thermal
properties suitable for building application and its economic
is also one of the reasons. The thermal properties of Lauric
acid are available in Table 1.

2.5. LIMITATION OF EXISTING SETUP
(1) More time for construction
(2) High complication
(3) High cost

2.6. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP

Fig.2 With brick wall

Room is constructed by attaching PCM wallboards PCM
wall board consist of Gypsum wall board is packed by
means of phase change materials such as fatty acid such as
coconut oil. Along with wallboard PCM ceilings are also
present. The inner room temp get transferred to the 1
st

wallboard. Then the heat is absorbed by the PCM then PCM
temp get increases. So PCM may be happen due to heat
transfer. This heat in the PCM material is transferred to the
next wallboard layer and it is cooled by ventilation holes ( air
holes 50% area of wallboard) air is circulated naturally. The
melting time of PCM may be increased by means of this
natural circulation of air that PCM absorbed heat
continuously from the room. So the cooling effect in the
inside room. Temp measurement of all layer of composite
wall will be noted. PCMs utilizing latent heat produced during
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phase change transformation processes do attain higher
energy density with small temperature difference than other
storage media using sensible heat. This concept is minimizing
cooling and heating loads is the integrated PCM wallboard
system. This system based on randomly packed PCMs into
wallboards. This study evaluates the concept of
laminated-PCMs as integral part of wallboard system in
building fabric. The modified system consists of PCM
wallboard with and without brick wall as shown in fig.2.These
wallboard consist of three layers. The lauric acid PCM is
place between the first and third layer of the wallboard.
Thickness of the wallboard is 0.2m and thickness of the PCM
layer is 0.1m.Each layer consist of 1m height; the melting
point and phase change enthalpy of PCM is about 44

C and
1.76 kJ/kgk. Thermal conductivity of the gypsum wallboard is
0.17 w/mk and lauric acid is 0.14w/mk .Using the above
properties packed PCM in the brick wall was developed. The
third layer of wallboard consists of ventilation hole and its
diameter is 0.2m, which is used to dissipate the generated heat
to the atmosphere.
2.7 ADVANTAGES OF PCM
(1) Freeze without much super cooling.
(2) Ability to melt congruently.
(3) Self nucleating properties.
(4) Compatibility with conventional material of
construction.
(5) No segregation.
(6) Chemically stable.
(7) High heat of fusion.
(8) Safe and non-reactive.
(9) Recyclable.
3. THERMAL ANALYSIS OF WALLBOARD
The thermal analyses of the wallboard with brick wall have
been performed. In order to generate heat in the room and
heat is transferred to the composite wallboard and heat
dissipated to the outside of the room should be calculated.

3.1CALCULATION OF TOTAL HEAT
GENERATION IN THE ROOM:
Specific heat of air (C
P
) =1.005 kJ/kg .K
Max temp of the room (T
max
) = 38

c
Minimum temp of the room (Tmin)=25

c
Density of air (air) = 1.165Kg/m
3
@ 30

Q
Room
=
air
. V
R
.C
p
. (T
max
T
min
)
Q
Room
= 316.122 k w

3.2 ONE DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE
CONDUCTION EQUATION.
Heat is transferred to the composite wallboard, Consider
the setup is composite wallboard
Thickness of the wallboard (L
1,
L
3
) =0.2, 0.4m
Thickness of the PCM (L2) =0.1m
Thickness of the concrete wall (L
4
) =0.20m
Thermal conductivity of the wallboard (k
1,
k
3
) =0.17W/mk
Thermal conductivity of the PCM k
2
=0.15W/mk
Thermal conductivity of the concrete wall k
4
=1.4W/mk
Q
wallboard
= (T
max
T
min
) /R
thermal

R
thermal
= 1/A [1/h
a
+ L
1
/K
1
+ L
2
/K
2
+
L
3
/K
3
+ L
4
/K
4
+1/ h
b
]
Q
wall
= 0.294 kW
Heat absorbed by the PCM is dissipated by atmospheric air
circulated in the ventilation hole
Q
dissipation
= h.A. (T
max
T
min
)
Q
dissipation
dissipation by air circulation
h heat transfer coefficient
h = 31.8 w/m
2
k

Calculate free convection method of vertical surface of a plate
Calculate Grashoff number
Thickness of the hole (x) =0.2m
Kinematic viscosity of the air (
2
) = 16.0010
-3
m
2
/s
Local Nusselt number (
NU
X
)
G
rx
= g..x
3
. (T
max
T
min
)/
2

- 1/T
F

T
F
- Film coefficient
T
F
= (T
max
+ T
min
)/2
= (37+28)/2
T
F
= 32.5

c
= 1/32.5=0.03
G
rx
= 9.810.030.003
3
(37-28)/ 16.0010
-6

G
rx
= 496

If the condition is laminar flow G
rx
. p
r
<10
9

P
r
- Prandtl number of atm air 0.701
G
rx
. P
r
= 4960.701
G
rx
. p
r
= 347.64
laminar flow for constant temperature.

3.3 CONSTANT WALL TEMPERATURE


NU
X
= 0.508p
r
0.5
(0.952+ p
r
)
-0.25
G
rx
0.25
(for constant heat
flux)
NU
X
= 0.508(0.701)
0.5
(0.952+ 0.701)
-0.25
(496)
0.25

NU
X
= 1.78
Avg
N
UX
=3.56

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NU
X
= hd/k
NU
X
= local Nusselt number
NU
X
= hx/k
3.56 =h0.003/0.02675
h = 31.8 W/m
2
K
Q
dissipation
= h.A. (T
max
T
min
)= 31.8 33(37-28)
Q
dissipation
= 2.576 KW

In this analytical calculation method concluded that
316.122KW amount of heat is generated in the inside of the
room. Considering the one dimensional steady state
conduction equation, 0.294KW amount of heat is transferred
to the composite wallboard. If the atmospheric air is
circulated in the ventilation hole free convection takes place.
Therefore 2.576KW amount of heat is dissipated to the
atmosphere.


3.4 THERMAL ANALYSIS USING ANSYS
1. ELEMENTAL SELECTION
The elemental type is used in this thermal analysis.
Because of its suitable for the accurate thermal performance
for the thermal storage in building application.Tet node 87
can used for the 2 dimensional steady-state or transient
analysis.

2. MATERIAL PROPERTIES
The thickness of the wallboard is 0.2m and thickness of the
PCM layer is 0.1m ana thickness of the brick wall is 0.20m.
Each layer consist of 1m height and thermal conductivity of
the gypsum wallboard is 0.17 w/mk and lauric acid is
0.14w/mk, brick wall is 1.4 w/mk and lauric fatty acid density
about 1.007Kg/m
3
, Specific heat of solid PCM 1.76 kJ/kgK.
The third layer of wallboard consist of ventilation hole and its
diameter isof.001m.Using the above properties packed PCM
in the without brick wall was developed.

3. MESH SIZE
Meshing is done at elemental edge length of 5m.So that
efficient elemental analysis is made.

4. BOUNDARY CONDITION
The boundary condition can be in the form of temperature
and convection heat transfer coefficient. Minimum room
temperature is 298K and maximum room temperature is 311K
can be applied in the 2 dimensional transient analysis. Third
layer of gypsum wallboard convection heat transfer
coefficient about 31.8W/m
2
k can be applied. In the fourth
layer of brick wall heat flux can be applied in the various time
period. As well as heat flux increases and temperature also
increases.


4. ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The performance analysis of Lauric fatty acid phase change
materials for thermal energy storage in building application
were analyzed using the ANSYS 12. This chapter explains
analysis conducted followed by the results obtained.

4.1 RESULTS
4.1.1 NODAL SOLUTION
The temperature distribution during thermal flux for the
thermal analysis of wallboard with brick wall has been
performed. The lauric fatty acid such as coconut fatty acid
have high heat retention capabilities in that they do not lose
and heat absorbed quickly. Heat is absorbed or released as the
material changes from the solid phase to the liquid phase. As a
result, PCMs are also referred to as latent heat storage
materials.

Fig 3.Nodal solution

The 2D analysis of the system is made using transient thermal
analysis. The PCM temperature value corresponding to the
distance was analyzed in the system. The modeling of the
thermal performance is made using the designed values
obtained from the above calculations of the system and the
convection heat transfer coefficient, surrounding ambient
temperature are provided for the wallboard without brick wall
of thermal analysis. During the without brick wall analysis in
the PCM storage unit will be maximum heat which is stores in
the PCM. In this fig 3 shows that the given inlet room
temperature is 298K in the gypsum wallboard of first layer.
Then room temperature get transferred to the second layer of
lauric fatty acid PCM try to observe the more amount of inlet
room temperature. In certain period PCM converts solid state
to the liquid state attain at melting point temperature is 44C
led to maximum energy savings. Third layer of gypsum
wallboard convection heat transfer coefficient about
31.8W/m
2
k can be applied in the above calculation. This third
layer of wallboard having a ventilation hole for heat absorbed
by PCM is dissipated by the atmosphere and free convection
is take place for constant wall temperature. More amount of
inside room temperature is get transferred to the outside of the
wallboard and atmosphere.
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4.1.2 TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS
The graphical representation shown in fig4(a),(b) it
elaborate that the temperature variations with respect to time
and distance is plotted. In this process due to increase in room
temperature when the distance is increases it seems the wall
temperature also increased. During the second layer PCM
storage unit will be absorbed maximum heat and the heat
stores in the PCM Lauric fatty acid PCM is a substance with a
high heat of fusion which, melting and solidifying at a certain
temperature, is capable of storing and releasing large amounts
of energy.
Fig 4 (a) Temperature with respect to time

Heat is absorbed or released when the material changes from
solid to liquid and vice versa.The flow analysis of wallboard
has been performed and results has been obtained visually are
presented.Integrating PCMs promotes rapid transfer of latent
heat, sharp response to indoor temperature, and minimizes
multidimensional mode of heat transfer
Fig 4 (b) Temperature with respect to distance


Thermal performance of the laminated wallboard system is
to be done numerically. Through series of heat transfer
simulations and under different sets of properties and
conditions, the surface temperature variation is to be
obtained. The temperature variations used to calculate the
heat flux and the total amount of heat transferred in and out of
the wallboard.

5. CONCLUSION
The storage of thermal energy using PCM was studied.
The thermal analysis of wallboard was designed. The
composite wallboard setup was analyzed usingANSYS12
analysis was done for the with brick wall of wallboard and
PCM layer. The thermal and physical properties of lauric fatty
acid studied in detail. The result have been obtained by the
analysis of lauric acid PCM delivers the maximum heat
storage and try to absorb the more amount of heat. More
amount of inside room temperature is get transferred to the
outside of the wallboard and atmosphere. Not only can reduce
the cost and energy consumption of air condition system, but
also is an effective way of improving building energy
consumption to environments negative effects. TES using
solid to liquid phase change has been carried out. In order to
build a light building envelope, an investigation was carried
out to define, build and test wallboards containing a phase
change material. From the wallboards in order to obtain a
certain indoor passive air conditioning and to avoid
overheating of building during summer. This project has
discussed all the efficient way that the heat can be utilized in
the sun shine hours. It is concluded that these are the various
techniques to enhance the heat transfer to the building
application. The various techniques included and
modification in the design of the building, various materials
used the PCM storage unit.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am gratefully indebted to Dr.V.Sundareswaran, Regional
Director and Dean, Regional Center of Anna university,
Tirunelveli, for supporting and guiding us at all times. I wish
to express my profound thanks to Dr.A.Manivannan, Head
Of the Department,Department of Mechanical engineering,
Regional centre of Anna university, Tirunelveli,for his kind
support and the facilities provided to complete the work in
time. I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude to my guide
Mr.Rajakumar.S.M.Tech.,PhD Assistant professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, for providing me an
opportunity to work on this project. I also thank for his
enthusiastic guidance and constant encouragement in
completing the project. I am very thankful to all staff
members for their kind suggestions and also for extending
their good guidance for the completion of my project.

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