Browsing by Subject "composite phase change materials"

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Design and Preparation of Carbon Based Composite Phase Change Material for Energy Piles

Yang, Haibin; Memon, Shazim Ali; Bao, Xiaohua; Cui, Hongzhi; Li, Dongxu (MDPI, 2017-04-07)

Energy piles—A fairly new renewable energy concept—Use a ground heat exchanger (GHE) in the foundation piles to supply heating and cooling loads to the supported building. Applying phase change materials (PCMs) to piles ...
Thermal Properties of Cement-Based Composites for Geothermal Energy Applications

Bao, Xiaohua; Memon, Shazim Ali; Yang, Haibin; Dong, Zhijun; Cui, Hongzhi (Materials. doi:10.3390/ma10050462, 2017-04-27)

Geothermal energy piles are a quite recent renewable energy technique where geothermal energy in the foundation of a building is used to transport and store geothermal energy. In this paper, a structural–functional integrated ...