Tk. Stovall et Jj. Tomlinson, WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF INCLUDING LATENT STORAGE IN COMMONWALLBOARD, Journal of solar energy engineering, 117(4), 1995, pp. 318-325
Previous work has shown that wallboard can be successfully manufacture
d to contain rip to 30 percent phase-change material (PCM), or wax, th
us enabling this common building material to serve as a thermal energy
storage device. The PCM wallboard was analyzed for passive solar appl
ications and found to save energy with a reasonable payback time perio
d of five years. Further evaluations of the wallboard are reported in
this paper this analysis looks at potential applications of PCM wallbo
ard as a lend management device and as a comfort enhancer. Results sho
w that the wallboard is ineffective in modifying the comfort level but
can provide significant lend management relief. In some applications
the lend management strategy also serves to save a small amount of ene
rgy, in others there is a small energy penalty.