Porous materials in building energy technologies-A review of the applications, modelling and experiments

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

卷:91

Review

Rashidi, Saman¹  Esfahani, Javad Abolfazli²  Karimi, Nader^3,4 

[1] Islamic Azad Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Semnan Branch, Semnan, Iran

[2] Ferdowsi Univ Mashhad, Dept Mech Engn, Mashhad 917751111, Iran

[3] Univ Glasgow, Sch Engn, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland

[4] Univ Missouri, Sch Comp & Engn, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA

关键词: Porous materials;    Buildings;    Energy performance;    Passive techniques;    Paris agreement;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.092

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Improving energy efficiency in buildings is central to achieving the goals set by Paris agreement in 2015, as it reduces the energy consumption and consequently the emission of greenhouse gases without jeopardising human comfort. The literature includes a large number of articles on energy performance of the residential and commercial buildings. Many researchers have examined porous materials as affordable and promising means of improving the energy efficiency of buildings. Further, some of the natural media involved in building energy technologies are porous. However, currently, there is no review article exclusively focused on the porous media pertinent to the building energy technologies. Accordingly, this article performs a review of literature on the applications, modelling and experimental studies about the materials containing macro, micro, and nano-porous media and their advantages and limitations in different building energy technologies. These include roof cooling, ground-source heat pumps and heat exchangers, insulations, and thermal energy storage systems. The progress made and the remaining challenges in each technology are discussed and some conclusions and suggestions are made for the future research.

【 授权许可】

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