Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 515-532Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2017.1365076
Keywords
PCM; residential household; simulation-based optimisation; optimum design; thermal energy potentials; economic feasibility
Categories
Funding
- France Institute of Rabat in Morocco
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This study investigates the thermal energy potentials and economic feasibility of an air-conditioned family household-integrated phase change material (PCM) considering different climate zones in Morocco. A simulation-based optimisation was carried out in order to define the optimal design of a PCM-enhanced household envelope for thermal energy effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of predefined candidate solutions. The optimisation methodology is based on coupling Energyplus (R) as a dynamic simulation tool and GenOpt (R) as an optimisation tool. Considering the obtained optimum design strategies, a thermal energy and economic analysis are carried out to investigate PCMs integration feasibility in the Moroccan constructions. The results show that the PCM-integrated household envelope allows minimising the cooling/heating thermal energy demand vs. a reference household without PCM. While for the cost-effectiveness optimisation, it has been deduced that the economic feasibility is stilling insufficient under the actual PCM market conditions. The optimal design parameters results are also analysed.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available