TY - JOUR TI - Modelling of latent heat storage in pcm modified components AU - Machniewicz, Anna AU - Heim, Dariusz TI - Modelling of latent heat storage in pcm modified components AB - 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. VL - 2014 IS - Budownictwo Zeszyt 5-B (19) 2014 PY - 2015 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 161 EP - 167 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/modelling-of-latent-heat-storage-in-pcm-modified-components KW - phase change material KW - latent heat KW - thermal simulation