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Interpretation of calorimetry experiments to characterise phase change materials

Dumas, J., Gibout, S., Zalewski, L., Johannes, K., Franquet, E., Lassue, S., Bedecarrats, J., Tittelein, P. and Kuznik, F.
2014
International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 78, April 2014, Pages 48-55
Phase change material (PCM); Energy storage; DSC

Dumas, J., Gibout, S., Zalewski, L., Johannes, K., Franquet, E., Lassue, S., Bedecarrats, J., Tittelein, P. and Kuznik, F., (2014), "Interpretation of calorimetry experiments to characterise phase change materials", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 78, April 2014, Pages 48-55.
Abstract:
In the building field, the topic of thermal storage is generally studied with assistance from dedicated software programs. To generate transient thermal simulations, these software programs use enthalpy functions h (T) to describe the thermal behaviour of the different parts of a modelled structure. Unfortunately, the mathematical form of these functions is often extremely unrealistic due to an erroneous interpretation of the calorimetric experiments that were performed to determine these functions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the energy-related errors that occur if a misinterpreted enthalpy function is used and to thereby assess the impact that these inaccurate functions generate with respect to thermal simulations of buildings.

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Author Information and Other Publications Notes
Dumas, J.
  1. Inverse method for the identification of the enthalpy of phase change materials from calorimetry experiments
  2. Model for the DSC thermograms of the melting of ideal binary solutions
  3. Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation
  4. On the use of a reduced model for the simulation of melting of solutions in DSC experiments
  5. Theoretical curves in thermal analysis for the melting of binaries showing solid solutions  
Gibout, S.
  1. Comparison of different modelings of pure substances during melting in a DSC experiment
  2. Inverse method for the identification of the enthalpy of phase change materials from calorimetry experiments
  3. Model for the DSC thermograms of the melting of ideal binary solutions
  4. On the use of a reduced model for the simulation of melting of solutions in DSC experiments  
Zalewski, L.
  1. A review on phase-change materials: Mathematical modeling and simulations
  2. Experimental and numerical characterization of thermal bridges in prefabricated building walls
  3. Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation  
Johannes, K.
  1. A review on phase change materials integrated in building walls
  2. Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation
  3. One dimensional benchmark based on PCM  
Franquet, E.
  1. Comparison of different modelings of pure substances during melting in a DSC experiment
  2. Inverse method for the identification of the enthalpy of phase change materials from calorimetry experiments
  3. Model for the DSC thermograms of the melting of ideal binary solutions
  4. On the use of a reduced model for the simulation of melting of solutions in DSC experiments  
Lassue, S.
  1. A review on phase-change materials: Mathematical modeling and simulations
  2. Experimental and numerical characterization of thermal bridges in prefabricated building walls
  3. Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation  
Bedecarrats, J.
     
Tittelein, P.
     
Kuznik, F.
  1. A review on phase change materials integrated in building walls
  2. Experimental assessment of a phase change material for wall building use
  3. Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation
  4. One dimensional benchmark based on PCM
  5. Optimization of a phase change material wallboard for building use  


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