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Item EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION AND CFD STUDY OF THERMAL COMFORT, IAQ INDICES, AND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OVERCROWDED AREA(2022-12-11) AL-MALAKI, Fadhil Asaad Mohammed Kadhim; JAFARI, RahimIn recent years, buildings, including prison halls, have contributed significantly to the world's rising energy use, with 34 % of the energy used by these buildings being attributed to cooling and heating. This study examines the use new combination of phase change materials (PCMs) for energy conservation in buildings through thermal storage, including the use of double layers of PCMs paraffin waxes with different properties. The study evaluates the indoor air quality characteristics of two protocols for cooling and heating in four different scenarios that are classified according to the seasons in a location, with a high daily temperature range, similar to that of Iraq. An experimental facility for the study was designed, constructed, and tested at Technology University in Baghdad. The experimental measurements were taken in a small-scale model 1:4 of a prison quarry, with dimensions of 1.2 by 0.6 by 0.8 meters and a side inlet grill. This prototype model was used to investigate the impact of integrating double layers of panels on the roof of the space and their ability to minimize fluctuations, energy usage, and shift peak load. The computational work involved solving the partial differential equation for the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy and its rate of dissipation using the finite volume technique. Modifications to the algorithm were made to simulate the space with and without PCMs in the roof for all scenarios. The majority of the computed data were presented as temperature contours and other thermal contours, and when compared to the experimental results, a reasonable level of agreement was observed. The use of PCMs as latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) in the room envelope for passive cooling has gained significant attention due to their ability to store large amounts of energy. The results of this study show that the use of TES can reduce the energy required for the space by 47.2 % in the summer and in varying proportions during other seasons, also when PCMs are used in hot weather, in door temperature drops by 7 °C at average, compared to when they are not used.