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PCM symposium: room cooling with phase change materials
Abstract
Date: 10-11 November 2009
Location: Karlsruhe
This event will showcase the current state of the art in research. There will be presentations of various PCM systems and how they work, practical implementation options will be demonstrated, project results will be announced and practical experience discussed. In addition, an overview will be provided of activities in Germany concerning the use of PCM in buildings. At the same time, the symposium will also give those present an opportunity to find out more from the manufacturers themselves about the PCM products and systems that are available on the market.
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The event topics in detail
- Phase change materials for room cooling – basic principles
- RAL quality association for PCM
- Temperature management with PCM ceiling constructions
- Effects of PCM systems on electricity generation and supply
- PCM sun protection
- Rear-ventilated cooling ceiling with PCM
- Water-carrying cooling ceiling with PCM
- PCM in lightweight steel construction
- Practical experience with PCM cooling ceilings
- Making lightweight buildings thermally heavy
- PCM Express simulation tool
- Simulation of active and passive wall constructions
- Storage concepts using PCM for building cooling
- Indoor environment optimisation through facade optimisation
- PCM in a company’s guest house
- Construction and refurbishment with PCM
- PCM integration in ventilation systems
- Solar heating and cooling using a compact absorption cooling system and PCM
Visit to see a system in practice
As part of this event, participants will also have the opportunity to visit offices with installed PCM sun protection and with a rear-ventilated PCM cooling ceiling in Energie Baden-Württemberg’s building in Karlsruhe.
Conditions of participation / registration
There is no charge for attending the PCM symposium. Registration is requested by 23 October 2009. Registration is required. The number of participants at this event is limited. Applications will be dealt with on a first-come, first-served basis.