TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy storage technologies for residential buildings
AU - Zhai, Zhiqiang
AU - Abarr, Miles L.L.
AU - Al-Saadi, Saleh N.J.
AU - Yate, Porter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Residential buildings are mostly sensitive to climatic conditions; building envelopes work as the interface between indoor and outdoor environments, preventing heat gain in the summer and heat loss in the winter. Proper use of energy storage technologies may reduce greatly the energy needs in residential dwellings while delivering better indoor environment quality. This paper provides a brief review of several energy storage technologies, both active and passive, for residential building applications. Particular attention is paid to the usage of phase change materials (PCMs), which have been studied for a few decades with a recent growing interest. Modeling methods of PCM-embedded wall systems are reviewed comparatively and a new simulation program is developed that can simulate the thermal and energy performance of PCM-embedded walls and buildings in a more stable and fast manner. The paper also presents a case study that integrates PCM with the traditional kang heating system for the residential dwellings in northeastern rural China. Both technical and economic performances of the solution are explored.
AB - Residential buildings are mostly sensitive to climatic conditions; building envelopes work as the interface between indoor and outdoor environments, preventing heat gain in the summer and heat loss in the winter. Proper use of energy storage technologies may reduce greatly the energy needs in residential dwellings while delivering better indoor environment quality. This paper provides a brief review of several energy storage technologies, both active and passive, for residential building applications. Particular attention is paid to the usage of phase change materials (PCMs), which have been studied for a few decades with a recent growing interest. Modeling methods of PCM-embedded wall systems are reviewed comparatively and a new simulation program is developed that can simulate the thermal and energy performance of PCM-embedded walls and buildings in a more stable and fast manner. The paper also presents a case study that integrates PCM with the traditional kang heating system for the residential dwellings in northeastern rural China. Both technical and economic performances of the solution are explored.
KW - Energy modeling
KW - Energy storage
KW - Kang
KW - Phase change material
KW - Residential building
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000159
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000159
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84912527883
SN - 1076-0431
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Architectural Engineering
JF - Journal of Architectural Engineering
IS - 4
M1 - B4014004
ER -