Enhancement of phase change material hysteresis model: A case study of modeling building envelope in EnergyPlus

Feng, Fan; Fu, Yangyang; Yang, Zhiyao; O'Neill, Zheng

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112511

Enhancement of phase change material hysteresis model: A case study of modeling building envelope in EnergyPlus

Journal Article · Sat Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Energy and Buildings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112511· OSTI ID:2418650

Feng, Fan ^[1]; Fu, Yangyang ^[2]; Yang, Zhiyao ^[2]; O'Neill, Zheng ^[2]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); OSTI
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Nowadays, buildings are expected to offer demand side services to the power grid to enhance the electrical load flexibility, which leads to the concepts of grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs). Phase change material (PCM)-based thermal energy storage has seen increasing attention in recent years for peak load shifting of grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs). Numerical models are critical tools for design and evaluation of PCM-integrated systems. Most industrial-grade PCMs are reported to melt/freeze over a temperature range instead of at a unique temperature. Such thermal hysteresis effect significantly affects the reliability of simulation results because not only the heat transfer process depends on melting and freezing temperatures, the PCM thermal properties change significantly during the phase change process as well. This study is aimed to develop a model for the PCMs used in the building envelope with the capability to accurately simulate hysteretic behaviors. Further, this model is based on a two-phase assumption and is implemented in a whole building energy performance simulation program (i.e., EnergyPlus). A comparison between numerical results and experimental data shows that during a complete phase transition, the two-phase model could achieve a good agreement with the experimental data. During a partial phase transition, the two-phase model could lead to significant improvements compared to other alternative PCM models, including the existing PCM model in EnergyPlus. Last, whole building simulations were performed to study this model's performance regarding heating/cooling loads and zone mean air temperature of a given building. The results show that the difference in hourly heating/cooling loads introduced by the models was less than 1% in design conditions, while significant changes were observed in both hourly heating/cooling loads and zone mean air temperature when the PCM envelope underwent partial phase transition processes.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008677

OSTI ID:: 2418650

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1892358

Journal Information:: Energy and Buildings, Journal Name: Energy and Buildings Journal Issue: C Vol. 276; ISSN 0378-7788

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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