Thermal properties of concrete with various aggregates

Concrete is the most common building material with a high thermal mass, and it is of interest to study how thermal mass of buildings influences such factors as their peak power consumption and their thermal comfort. We have studied whether it is possible to improve the thermal properties of concrete for buildings with high thermal mass by using aggregates with high heat capacity and/or materials with high thermal conductivity. It was found that both volumetric heat capacity and thermal conductivity could be simple means be increased by at least 50% compared to standards concrete. Suggested Reviewers: Dale Bentz NIST [email protected] Has used the HotDisk technique we use Sungchul Yang Department of Architectural Engineering, Hongik University,South Korea [email protected] Has published on thermal properties of concrete A G Entrop Univ Twente, NL [email protected] Has published on phase change materials in concrete (a related topic to that of our paper) Dear Editor of Cement and Concrete Research 10 April 2012 We hereby submit the manuscript ”Thermal properties of concrete with various aggregates”. This is a novel work not considered for publication anywhere else.