Experimental Methodology

We perform experimental analysis of heat transfer in buildings and thermal systems. The experimental design involves the use of a laboratory setting, physical construction of the treatment condition, and instrumented measurement of the outcome variables. The lab setting can be temperature-controlled rooms or test cells into which a large "hot box" can be placed; the hot box was a cube, on one side of which the double-pane window design was installed. Outcome measurements include thermocouples that measure air and surface temperatures; bulb thermometers that measure radiation temperature, and flux sensors that measure heat fluxes.

Examples

• Zhang, Z., Zhang, N., Yuan, Y., Phelan, P. E., & Attia, S. (2023). Thermal performance of a dynamic insulation-phase change material system and its application in multilayer hollow walls. Journal of Energy Storage, 62, 106912.
• Zhang, Z., Zhang, N., Yuan, Y., Phelan, P. E., & Attia, S. (2023). Thermal performance analysis of an existing building heating based on a novel active phase change heater. Energy and Buildings, 278, 112646.
• Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Zhang, N., Cao, X., Yuan, Y., Sultan, M., & Attia, S. (2024). Coupling effect of radiative cooling and phase change material on building wall thermal performance. Journal of Building Engineering, 82, 108344.
• Zhong, W., Min, W., Cao, X., Zhang, N., Leng, Z., Yuan, Y., & Attia, S. (2022). Heat transfer performance of a device integrating thermosyphon with form-stable phase change materials. Journal of Energy Storage, 54, 105315.
• Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Zhang, N., Cao, X., Yuan, Y., Sultan, M., & Attia, S. (2023). Dynamic discharging performance of a latent heat thermal energy storage system based on a PID controller. Journal of Energy Storage, 71, 107911.
• Kazemi, M., Courard, L., & Attia, S. (2023). Water permeability, water retention capacity, and thermal resistance of green roof layers made with recycled and artificial aggregates. Building and Environment, 227, 109776.
• Mabila, E., Delvoie, S., Toguyeni, D., Attia, S., & Courard, L. (2020). An Experimental Study on the Use of Fonio Straw and Shea Butter Residue for Improving the Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties of Compressed Earth Blocks. Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, a 8(2), 107-132.