Phase change materials (PCMs) could be used in envelopes to moderate indoor temperature while hygroscopic materials could be used in envelopes to moderate indoor humidity. However, it remains unsolved whether these two materials are mixed to generate a better effect than single materials. Therefore, a transient model for coupled heat and moisture transfer through hygroscopic PCMs (HPCMs) was presented. The numerical cases of periodic boundary conditions and realistic weather conditions were conducted to investigate the heat and moisture transfer characteristics of three gypsum-based HPCMs containing different mass ratios of microencapsulated PCMs. Quantitative analyses were conducted to capture the effects of hygrothermal properties on heat and moisture transfer characteristics of HPCMs. The numerical results show that the mixing of PCMs and hygroscopic materials could generate a better temperature-humidity controlling effect than pure hygroscopic material, and the condensation risks inside the envelopes could also be reduced. Both the studied cases indicate that the HPCMs could be applied in building envelopes to passively moderate the indoor temperature and humidity simultaneously, reducing the building energy consumption and condensation risks inside the envelopes. The effects of hygroscopic and moisture transfer properties on temperature-control performance of HPCMs are relatively small, while the thermal properties play an important role in the improvement of temperature-humidity controlling performance of HPCMs with the increase of PCM concentration.
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