The present paper numerically analyzes a passive cooling system using enclosures with different geometries filled with thermal conductivity-enhanced phase change material (PCM). A numerical code is developed using an unstructured finite-volume method and an enthalpy-porosity technique to solve for natural convection coupled to a solid-liquid phase change. Five geometries containing the same vol...

Abstract Nowadays, the application of renewable energies such as solar energy in building sector has increased notably considering adverse impacts climate change on human life; hence many studies have focused photovoltaic panels buildings. In current study, a 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model been developed to evaluate performance newly designed building-integrated (BIPV) system. Give...