%0 Journal Article
%T Modelling of latent heat storage in pcm modified
	components
%A Machniewicz, Anna
%A Heim, Dariusz
%J Czasopismo Techniczne
%V 2014
%N Budownictwo Zeszyt 5-B (19) 2014
%P 161-167
%K phase change material, latent heat, thermal simulation
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2015
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/modelling-of-latent-heat-storage-in-pcm-modified-components
%X 
	Due to latent heat storage potential, phase change materials can be implemented in building materials to improve energy performance and thermal comfort. Nevertheless, the phase change effect is quite a complex phenomenon for numerical modelling and different methods can be used to estimate the results of latent heat storage. This paper presents a brief overview of the existing numerical methods and a short description of two most frequently used ones. Authors also investigated the capabilities of phase change modelling by three simulation tools. This work is a part of a wider research project which aims to find optimal solution of façade construction with the implementation of PCM. The choice of a proper numerical method was considered the first step to achieve this goal.