Thermal Analysis of Building Roofs with Latent Heat Storage for Reduction in Energy Consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions: An Experimental and Numerical Research

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Input variables for analytical research</td><td class="align_center">Values</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The temperature of the surrounding environment on average during April (<i>θ</i><sub>m</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">28°C</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cooling degree–hours (CDH)</td><td class="align_center">2,541°C hr</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Liquid fraction (<i>ω</i><sub>l</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">0.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PCM cycle number throughout April (<i>n</i><sub>cy</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">30</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Latent heat of PCM throughout April utilization (<i>L</i><sub>fg</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">163.3 kJ/kg</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cyclic transmittance difference between prototype roof with and without PCM (<i>u</i><sub>cy</sub>)</td><td class="align_center">1.13 W/m<sup>2</sup>K</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Input variables for analytical research.</div>

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Table 5: Thermal Analysis of Building Roofs with Latent Heat Storage for Reduction in Energy Consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions: An Experimental and Numerical Research 

Table 5 | Thermal Analysis of Building Roofs with Latent Heat Storage for Reduction in Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions: An Experimental and Numerical Research 