A Model to Determine Thermal Performance of a Non-ventilated Double Glazing Unit with PCM and Experimental Validation

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IX International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, ICCHMT2016

A Model to Determine Thermal Performance of A Non-ventilated Double Glazing Unit with PCM and Experimental Validation Changyu Liu, Yumeng Zheng, Dong Li*, Hanbing Qi, Xiaoyan Liu School of Architecture and Civil EngineeringˈNortheast Petroleum University, Fazhan Lu Street, Daqing 163318, China

Abstract Phase change material (PCM) applied in the double glazing unit can decrease energy consumption and improve indoor thermal comfort by improving its thermal energy storage capacity. In the present work, a model to determine thermal performance of a non-ventilated double glazing unit with PCM and experimental validation was developed. The result shows that the developed model in present work can solve the coupled heat transfer problem between phase change and solar heat transfer in the double glazing unit filled with PCM. © Published by by Elsevier Ltd.Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ©2016 2016The TheAuthors. Authors. Published Elsevier (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of ICCHMT2016 Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of ICCHMT2016 Keywords: PCM, double glazing units, thermal performance

1. Introduction The energy production from coal and fossil fuel is the preponderant factors for CO2 emission into the atmosphere, which is widely believed to be contributing to global warming [1, 2]. Building is one of the leading sectors of the energy consumption, and especially about 40% of total fossil energy per each year in China was consumed in building sector in the last five years [3, 4]. Glazing units are an indispensable part of a building, which provide passive solar gain and air ventilation, for example window system [5].

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doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.369

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Nomenclature Ag1 , Ap1 , Ap 2 , Ag 2

solar absorptance of glass 1 layer, phase 1 layer, phase 2 layer and glass 2, -

F 3 J F 3ˈS

specific heat of glass and PCM, J/(kg·K)

)VN\ ) JURXQG

view factor between the glazing unit and the sky dome, between the glazing unit

, VRO  , J  S  , S O  S V , S  J

and the surrounding surfaces, specific enthalpy of PCM, J/kg; convective heat transfer coefficient of the exterior surface of outer glass, inner surface of internal glass, W/(m2·K) solar radiation, radiative heat flux of coupled surface between outer glass and

N J N S  N S O  N S V

PCM, liquid–solid interface in the PCM region, coupled surface between internal glass and PCM, W/m2C thermal conductivity of glass and PCM, liquid PCM near to liquid–solid

/J  /S  /S  /J 

interface, thermal conductivity of solid PCM near to liquid–solid interface, W/(m·K) thickness of glass 1 layer, phase 1 layer, phase 2 layer and glass 2, m

+ KRXW KLQ

S (t ), QL

refractive index of glass, phase1 and 2 of PCM, thickness of liquid PCM, m; latent heat of PCM, J/kg

qrad , qrad , air , qrad , sky , qrad , ground

radiative heat exchange between exterior surface of outer glass with the outdoor

7 J  7 S 7 S  7J 

environment, with the air, sky and ground of outer glass, W/m2 solar transmittance of glass 1 layer, phase 1 layer, phase 2 layer and glass 2, -

QJ Q S  Q S 

7 7UHI 7V 7O 7 J 7 S 7 S O 7 S V

Tout , Ta ,out , Tsky , Tin , Ta ,in

temperature, reference temperature, temperature that the phase of PCM starts to change from solid to liquid, PCM completely changed into liquid, K temperature of the coupled surface of outer glass, coupled surface of PCM, liquid PCM near to liquid–solid interface, solid PCM near to liquid–solid interface, K temperature of the exterior surface of outer glass, ambient, sky temperature, inner surface of internal glass, indoors air, K

Greek letters DJ  DS   DS 

extinction coefficient of glass, phase1 and 2 of PCM, m-1



liquid fraction, -; a factor that splits the heat exchange with the sky dome between sky and air radiation,-

J   S

density of glass and PCM, kg/m3 interface reflectance for surface between air and glass, for surface between phase 1 of PCM and glass, for surface between phase 1 and phase 2 of PCM, for surface between phase 2 of PCM and glass, time, s radiative source term, W/m3 surface emissivity of glass,Stefan–Boltzmann constant,-

ˈ ˈˈ 

    

angle between the glazing unit and the ground,-

Subscript a con

air, convective

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g, p in, out rad sol l, s

glass and PCM, inner surface and exterior surface, radiative, solar radiation intensity, liquid and solid PCM, -

An effective approach to increase the thermal storage capacity of glazing units is to incorporate phase change material (PCM) in the glazing structure [6-8]. The aim of the PCM-filled glazing unit concept is thus to absorb part of the solar radiation for thermal energy storage, while letting visible radiation enter the indoor environment for daylighting. Until now, a variety of numerical models of thermal energy storage solutions for the integration of PCM into glazing unit have been developed. In these models, the semi-transparent property and phase change of double glazing unit with PCM is considered, radiation and convective heat transfer of interior and outer surface with surroundings is also clearly illustrated, however for the interior radiation transfer, all models ignores the reflection of the interface between liquid PCM, solid PCM and glass, which leads to the unexpected error [9-11]. In the present study, a model to investigate the thermal performance of a PCM-filled double glazing unit was developed. The reliability of the model was also validated by the experimental data. 2. Physical and Mathematical Models 2.1. Geometric Description Fig. 1 shows the details of the modeling four layer glazing unit filled with PCM. As shown in Fig. 1, solar energy reaching the glazing unit surface is partly transmitted and partly reflected, and the remaining portion is absorbed by the four layer glass and the PCM layer. The heat transfer process with the combination of thermal radiation and convection takes place on the boundary of the exterior and the interior surface, respectively. The convection heat transfer process of air between two glasses is considered. The absorbed heat will be transmitted inward and or outward, by the processes of conduction, convection and radiation exchange. The long wave radiation of the glasses on both sides of air layer is considered. For a transparent layer, the effective transmittance as well as the front and back reflectance are quantified as the consequence of multiple reflections between the front and back surfaces, plus the effects of absorption through the layer.

Long wave radiation

Long wave radiation Thermal radiation

Conduction

T

out

glass 3

glass 4 in

Interface

Conduction

St 

a ir Glass

T

air 2

RI0

phase 2

transmitted

Thermal convection

glass 2

0

phase 1

Convection

I

Solar radiation

air 1

Thermal convection

Convection

Solar radiation reflected

room

glass 1

ambient Solar radiation

PCM

b1 1

Glass

x

Fig.1. Double glazing unit filled with PCM

x1

b2 x2

2

b4

b3 x3

x4

x5

b5

x6

x7

Fig.2. Layout of double glazing unit filled with PCM

2.2. Governing Equations and Boundary Conditions Assumptions for the mathematical model have been listed as follows: (1) The heat transfer through the glazing unit is simplified to one-dimensional unsteady heat transfer process. (2) The convection within the PCM layer is neglected.

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(3) The radiation exchange between the two glass surfaces facing the cavity filled with PCM is neglected too. And the PCM of both liquid state and solid state is highly non-transparent to the long-wave radiation. (4) The glass and PCM are considered to be thermally homogeneous and isotropic media, and the thermal properties of the materials are temperature independent. (5) The effect of absorption and scattering of the air layer is omitted. (6) The scattering effect of PCM is omitted. For the four layer glazing unit filled with PCM, the heat transfer is calculated in five regions as shown in Fig. 2, which are the outer glass layer 1, outer glass layer 4, internal glass layer 2, internal glass layer 3 and PCM layer in the middle. A one-dimensional unsteady energy equation for glass regions is given as Eq. (1a) and (1b). Eq. (1b) is applied to the node of the glass regions near the air layer, Eq. (1b) is applied to the other nodes of the glass regions. 7  7 (1a)  NJ JFS J   [  7  7 (1b)  NJ W JF S J   [  3 Where, τ is time (s). T is temperature (K).  g and c p , g are density (kg/m ), specific heat (J/(kg·K)) of glass, respectively. k g and k g ,t are thermal conductivity and effective thermal conductivity of glass (W/m·K), respectively.  is radiation source term (W/m3). The effective thermal conductivity in Eq. (1b) is calculated by (2a) N J W N J KD 1X (2b) KD  NJ  

+ 1X  *U 3U    1  1 H Nu  0.073(Gr Pr) 3 ( ) 9 

    *U         *U    

(2c) (2d)

Where, ha is the convection heat transfer of the air interlayer (W/(m2·K)). H and δ are the facade height (m) and the thickness (m) of the air layer. Nu, Grδ , Pr are the Nusselt number, the Grashof number and the Prandtl number. The one-dimensional unsteady energy equation for PCM region is given as +  7 (3) S   NS  [  Where, H is the specific enthalpy of PCM (J/kg).  p and k p are density (kg/m3), thermal conductivity (W/m·K) of PCM, respectively. The specific enthalpy of PCM in Eq. (3) is calculated by + 

7

7

UHI

F3 SG7   4 /

  ˈ7˘7V 7  7V   7  7  7 7  7V V

(4a) (4b) (4c)

(4d)   ˈ7˚7 Where, Tref is the reference temperature (K). cP , p is specific heat (J/kg·K) of PCM. QL is the latent heat of PCM in the whole phase change process (J/kg).  is the local liquid fraction in calculation region. 7V and 7O are the temperature that the phase of PCM starts to change from solid to liquid (K), and the temperature that the phase of PCM completely changes into liquid (K), respectively. The radiative source term for each layer is given as following. When the calculation node is in the glass 1 except for the last one, as shown in Fig.2, $ , (5a)   J  VRO /J  When the calculation node is the last one in the glass 1, as shown in Fig.2,

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$J , VRO  7[  7[ /J  When the calculation node is in the glass 2 except for the first one, as shown in Fig.2, 7 $ ,   J  J  VRO /J  When the calculation node is the first one in the glass 2, as shown in Fig.2, 7 $ ,   J  J  VRO  7[  7[ /J  When the calculation node is in the phase 1 of PCM layer as shown in Fig.2,  

7J 7J  $S , VRO /S 

 

When the calculation node is in the phase 2 of PCM layer as shown in Fig.2, 7 7 7 $ ,   J  J  S  S  VRO /S  When the calculation node is in the glass 3 except for the last one, as shown in Fig.2, 7 7 7 7 $ ,   J  J  S  S  J  VRO /J  When the calculation node is the last one in the glass 3,as shown in Fig.2, 7 7 7 7 $ ,   J  J  S  S  J  VRO  7[  7[ /J  When the calculation node is in the glass 4 except for the last one, as shown in Fig.2,  

7J 7J 7S 7S 7J $J , VRO /J 

(5b)

(5c)

(5d) (5e)

(5f)

(5g)

(5h) (5I)

When the calculation node is the last one in the glass 4, as shown in Fig.2, 7 7 7 7 7 $ , (5J)   J  J  S  S  J  J  VRO  7[  7[ /J  Where, I sol is solar radiation (W/m2). Tg1 , Tg 2 , T p1 , Tp 2 , Tg 3 , Tg 4 are solar transmittance of glass 1 layer, glass 2 layer, phase 1 layer, phase 2 layer, glass 3 layer and glass 4 layer, respectively. Ag1 , Ag 2 , Ap1 , Ap 2 , Ag 3 , Ag 4 is solar absorptance of glass 1 layer, glass 2 layer, phase 1 layer, phase 2 layer, glass 3 layer, glass 4 layer, respectively. The transmittance and absorptance of the layer i are calculated by [12]   L   L  H[S L /L (6a) 7    L L  H[SL /L (1  i1 ) i 2 exp(2i Li ) Ai  1  i1   Ti 1  i1 i 2 exp(2i Li ) L

(6b)

Where i1 , i 2 are the entrance and exit interface of media i. ai and Li are the extinction coefficient and length of the media i. The interface reflectance of media i and j are calculated based on Fresnel’s relations [13-15]. L  M 

QL  QM  QL  QM 

(7)

Where, ni and n j are the refractive index of the media i and j. The mathematical boundary conditions for the calculation domain are given as following. In the exterior surface of outer glass is exposed to solar radiation, and the boundary condition at x=0 is given as 7 (8)  NJ  T UDG  KRXW7RXW  7D RXW [ Where, qrad is radiative heat exchange between exterior surface of outer glass with the outdoor environment (W/m2). hout qrad , Tout and Ta ,out are the convective heat transfer coefficient of the exterior surface of outer glass (W/m2·K), temperature of the exterior surface of outer glass (K), and ambient temperature (K), respectively. The radiation heat exchange with the outdoor environment is given by

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(9) TUDG  T UDG DLU  TUDG VN\  T UDG JURXQG Where qrad , air , qrad , sky and qrad , ground are radiation heat exchange with the air, sky and ground (W/m2), respectively. The radiation heat flux qrad , air , qrad , sky and qrad , ground are respectively given by [10]   T UDG VN\  )VN\ 7RXW  7VN\

 TUDGDLU  )VN\   7RXW  7DRXW

(10a)

(10b) (10c) Where,  is the surface emissivity of glass.  is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant. Fsky is the view factor between the glazing unit and the sky dome. Fground is the view factor between the glazing unit and the surrounding surfaces, and assuming that all the surfaces are at the same temperature.  is a factor that splits the heat exchange with the sky dome between sky and air radiation. Tsky is the sky temperature (K). The parameter Fsky , Fground ,  , Tsky are respectively established by [10]   FRV  (11a) )   TUDG JURXQG  )JURXQG7RXW  7DRXW

VN\

)JURXQG   

   FRV     FRV 

(11b) (11c)



(11d) Where,  is the angle between the glazing unit and the ground, for example,   90D for a vertical glazing unit).  7VN\  7DRXW

3. Experiment and validation The measurements were conducted in the small-scale test facility consisting of units and rooms at Northeast Petroleum University in Daqing city, which is one of the representative cities of the cold area of China. As shown in Fig. 3, the test facility has the south-facing rooms with the internal dimension of 2.66 m × 1.46 m × 1.65 m (Height × Width × Depth). The glazing type used in the experiments was composed by four 4.5 mm glass panes with PCM

Fig. 3. Picture of the small-scale test facility

or air of 45 mm between them, and the thickness between the outer glass and internal glass is 145mm. One of the facade systems is filled with PCM (paraffin, RT27) and the other is filled with air. The surrounding external surfaces were built up of 100 mm insulation material (mineral wool). Temperatures were measured using thermocouples type K, and the solar radiation was measured using Jinzhou Sunshine/TBQ-4-5 solar spectral radiometer. The experimental data is measured with the experimental setup in two sunny early winter days on October 10-11, 2015. The solar radiation is depicted in Fig. 4a, and the outdoors and indoors temperatures with the double glazing facades filled with and without PCM are shown in Fig.4b. As show in Fig.4, the peak indoors temperature of the double glazing facades filled with PCM is 7ć lower than that of the facades without PCM in the sunrise time, while the indoors temperature of the double glazing facades filled with PCM is about 2–4ć higher than of the facades without PCM in the sunset time. The first reason for this phenomenon is that the PCM absorbs solar radiation and stores thermal energy during the sunrise while releases

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thermal energy in the sunset time, and another one is that the PCM enhances its temperature. This results indicates that the double glazing facades filled with PCM can be used to mitigate the indoors temperature fluctuations. 60

800

a

outdoors indoors-PCM indoors-without PCM

50 Temperature,ć

Solar heat flux, W/m2

600 400 200

b

40 30 20 10

0 0

6

12

18

24 30 Time, h

36

42

0

48

0

6

12

18

24 30 Time, h

36

42

48

Fig. 4. Solar radiation and temperatures in the experiment (a: heat flux; b: temperatures)

The method was validated by the measured temperatures on internal surface of the double glazing facades in the experiments. The equations together with the boundary conditions are solved by using an explicit finite difference scheme. PCM region is divided into 15 equally spaced increments. Each glass sheet thickness is also divided into 5 equally spaced increments. The thermophysical properties of materials can be attained in Table 1.The extinction coefficient and refractive index of glass is 19 m-1 and 1.5 [34], respectively. The emissivity of the glass is 0.88 [26]. The refractive index of PCM is 1.3, and the extinction coefficients of solid and liquid PCM is 50 and 20 m-1, respectively [34]. The initial temperature of the domain is 15ć. The simulation was kept running until the solution becomes periodic, which needs two days to reach the periodic condition. The temperatures on the interior surfaces of the double glazing filled with PCM are shown in Fig. 5. Table 1. Thermophysical properties of materials Material Melting temperature( ć) Density(kg/m³) Thermal conductivity(W/m·K) Specific heat capacity(J/kgK) Latent heat(J/kg)

PCM[34]

-

25-28

1400

880

1.3

0.2 3110(solid) 4810(liquid) 184000

840 experimental numerical

60 Temperature,ć

Glass[34]

40 20 0 0

6

12

18

24 30 Time, h

36

42

48

Fig. 5. Numerical and experimental results of the double glazing façade filled with PCM

As shown in Fig. 5, during the early sunset time, the difference between numerical and the experimental results is big, while the numerical results have a good agreement with the experimental results in the sunrise time region. The reason is that the effect of initial temperature in the double glazing facades filled with PCM in the experimental is not omitted when heat conduction plays an important role in the heat transfer process, but which is omitted in the calculation because it can be reached the rational periodic condition. The above analysis shows that the mathematic

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