PCM materials

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Hi Everyone,

Just a clarification with PCMs. Are there any specific settings I have to tweak when creating a custom material which is a PCM? i.e., will it be able to accurately mirror the effects of phase change during diurnal swings?

Or do I simply copy the values for conductivity, density, etc. (as is) from here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283723280_Energy_performan…

Thank you.

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Search EnergyPlus mailing list for PCM materials and you will find a lot of discussions and example files. Jeremiah Crossett has replied to most of the emails about modeling PCM. Maybe you want to search his name next to PCM.

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Thanks, I’ll try to sort through the yahoo mails.