Fuel, cost, energy efficiency and CO2 emission performance of PCM integrated wood fiber composite phase change material at different climates

Nour Bassim Frahat; Abid Ustaoglu; Osman Gencel; Ahmet Sarı; Gökhan Hekimoğlu; Ali Yaras; Juan José Del Coz Díaz

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-34616-8

Fuel, cost, energy efficiency and CO₂ emission performance of PCM integrated wood fiber composite phase change material at different climates

Sci Rep. 2023 May 12;13(1):7714. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34616-8.

Authors

Nour Bassim Frahat¹, Abid Ustaoglu², Osman Gencel³, Ahmet Sarı⁴, Gökhan Hekimoğlu⁴, Ali Yaras⁵, Juan José Del Coz Díaz⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Civil and Architectural Constructions, Faculty of Technology and Education, Suez University, Suez, Egypt. nour.bassim@suezuni.edu.eg.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bartin University, 74100, Bartin, Türkiye.
³ Department of Civil Engineering, Bartin University, 74100, Bartin, Türkiye.
⁴ Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye.
⁵ Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Bartin University, Bartin, Türkiye.
⁶ Department of Construction and Manufacturing, University of Oviedo, 33204, Gijón, Spain.

Abstract

Wood fiber is a great potential supportive material for creating a new composite the phase change materials (PCM) due to its beneficial qualities, including high sorption competency, low density, enviro -friendliness, economic effectiveness, and chemical inertness. The main objective of this paper is to study the effect of using the wood fiber/eutectic mixture of stearic and capric acid on the fuel, cost, and carbon emission-saving potentials for various PCM cases. Which experiences a phase transition within the thermally pleasant temperature range of buildings, used for the building's thermal energy storing purposes and consumption cost saving. The energy performance analysis was carried out for buildings incorporated with stearic and capric acid eutectic mixture of PCM with wood fiber-based insulation material (INS) in different climate regions. The results showed that the largest energy-saving capacity belongs to PCM5. The energy saving reaches 52.7% for PCM5 for a thickness of 0.1 m. The PCM1, PCM2, PCM3, PCM4 can provide energy saving rates of 23.5%, 34.3%, 44.7% and 50.5%, respectively. INS-PCM5 can provide about 1.74-, 1.5-, and 1.33 times larger cost savings than INS in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th regions for all fuels. The payback period varies between 0.37 and 5.81 years regarding the fuel and Region. Finally, the results indicate that the proposed composite provided a promising energy-saving potential in building applications by reducing.