Volume 15, Issue 5 (7-2015)                   Modares Mechanical Engineering 2015, 15(5): 34-40 | Back to browse issues page

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Zolfaghari S A, Saadati Nasab M, Norozi Jajarm E. Energy analysis of using double skin facade with phase change materials in a high-rise building under climatic conditions of Tehran. Modares Mechanical Engineering 2015; 15 (5) :34-40
URL: http://mme.modares.ac.ir/article-15-449-en.html
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Nowadays, using the double skin facades has attracted the attention of many engineers because of its significant effects on the buildings’ energy consumption. The previous researches have shown that the double skin facades have an appropriate thermal performance in the cold season. However, using double skin façade may lead to increase the building’s energy demand in the warm season. Therefore, in the recent years, the idea of using double skin facades with phase change materials (PCM) has been proposed in order to decrease the summer energy consumption of buildings. In this study, a thermal performance analysis has been performed by considering a high-rise building with the phase change material double skin façade in Tehran climatic conditions. The results indicate that although using the ordinary double skin façades can decrease the building’s energy consumption up to 20% in cold months of the year; it can lead to increase the summer cooling load about 4.6%. However, by using double skin façades with the phase change material glazing, the building’s energy consumption in cold and warm seasons may decrease about 40% and 26%, respectively.
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Article Type: Research Article | Subject: Energy in Buildings
Received: 2015/02/4 | Accepted: 2015/02/28 | Published: 2015/03/9

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