<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Hi Arianna,</span><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="">Use high zone time step (for example 10) or above this will improve the results especially with PCM's modelling.</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="">Regards.</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br></span></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="">Alaa</span></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Dr. Alaa Al-Mosawi           <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:alaaliag@yahoo.com" class="" style="">alaaliag@yahoo.com</a></div><div class="" style="">Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department</div><div class="" style="">College of Engineering</div><div class="" style="">Al-Qadisiya University</div><div class="" style="">Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq</div><div class="" style="">00964-7807857061</div><div class="" style=""> </div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <font size="2" face="Arial" class="" style=""> On Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 17:59, Arianna Sdei <A.Sdei@brighton.ac.uk> wrote:<br class="" style=""> </font> </div> <br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""> <div class="" style=""><div id="yiv6529618002" class="" style=""> <style class="" style=""></style> <div class="" style=""> <div class="" style=""> <div class="" style="">Dear All, </div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style="">I am trying to use phase change materials, phase change plasterboard, via the active components. I am using a melting temperature of 26°C and a solidification temperature of 27°C. I am not sure about the solidification temperature and I would like to know if some of you can advise on this. I am trying to have the PCM exposed, so I always position it on the internal layer as I suppose when the software asks for the position it starts counting the existing layers from the exterior. </div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style="">However I try, I can’t see any substantial reduction in the indoor temperature during a hot summer month. Can any of you give some advice on how to reduce the indoor temperature further by changing the parameters? </div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style="">Thank you in advance,</div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style="">Best regards,</div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style="">Arianna   </div> <div class="" style="">  </div> <div class="" style=""><b class="" style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060;" class="">Arianna Sdei</span></b><span style="color:#002060;" class=""></span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">  </span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">Research Fellow IFORE (Innovation For Renewal) </span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">  </span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON</span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">  </span></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">Moulsecoomb, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4AT</span></div> <div class="" style=""><b class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">  </span></b></div> <div class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">mobile: 0044 (0)7981739024</span></div> <div class="" style=""><b class="" style=""><span style="color:#002060;" class="">  </span></b></div> <div class="" style="">  </div> </div> <br class="" style=""> ___________________________________________________________<br class="" style=""> This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security<br class="" style=""> System on behalf of the University of Brighton.<br class="" style=""> For more information see http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/spam/<br class="" style=""> ___________________________________________________________<br class="" style=""> </div> </div><br class="" style="">_______________________________________________<br class="" style="">esp-r mailing list<br class="" style=""><a ymailto="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk" href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk" class="" style="">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br class="" style=""><a href="http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r" target="_blank" class="" style="">http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r</a><br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>