Abstract :
A Trombe wall that uses a phase change material (PCM) as the heat storage medium is usually called a PCM Trombe wall or PCM
wall. A research project was conducted to investigate the performance of coupled novel triple glass (NTG) and PCM wall, which is
simply called PCM wall in this paper, as a solar space heater. The south fac ade of a test room was constructed using PCM walls. Rubitherm
GR35 and GR41 were incorporated into the plaster of the walls as PCM. The ratio of the solar energy gain provided by the PCM
walls to the heat load of the test room per month varied from 4% to 70%; daily overall efficiency of the PCM walls varied from 20% to
36%; and solar transmittance of the NTG varied from 0.45 to 0.55 during the heating period. The overall efficiency of the PCM wall
including GR35 was higher than that of the PCM wall including GR41.
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