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Enhancing Hygrothermal Performance in Multi-Zone Constructions through Phase Change Material Integration

Abir Abboud¹, Zakaria Triki¹, Rachid Djeffal², Sidi Mohammed El Amine Bekkouche², Hichem Tahraoui^1,3,4, Abdeltif Amrane⁴, Aymen Amin Assadi⁵, Lotfi Khozami⁵, Jie Zhang^6,*

1 Laboratory of Biomaterials and Transport Phenomena, University of Medea, Medea, 26000, Algeria
2 Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Energies Renouvelables (URAER) Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER), Ghardaïa, 47133, Algeria
3 Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Chimiques, Department of Process Engineering, University of Ferhat Abbas, Setif, 19000, Algeria
4 Université de Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR—UMR6226, Rennes, 35000, France
5 College of Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, 11432, Saudi Arabia
6 School of Engineering, Merz Court, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

* Corresponding Author: Jie Zhang. Email: