Numerical simulation of a Trombe wall to predict the energy storage rate and time duration of room heating during the non-sunny periods

Rabani, Mehran; Kalantar, Vali; Faghih, Ahmadreza K.; Rabani, Mehrdad; Rabani, Ramin

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“…The Concrete Trombe wall thickness is considered to be 20 cm (Fernández-González, 2007;Okonkwo and Akubuo, 2007;Chan et al, 2010;Chen et al, 2006;Khalifa and Abbas, 2009), the Trombe wall width is 1 m (Jaber and Ajib, 2011), and the Channel width and the dimensions of upper and lower vents of Trombe wall are 30 cm and 30 Â 50 cm 2 respectively (Gan, 1998;Khedari et al, 1999;Nayak, 1987;Rabani, 2011;Rabani et al, 2013). …”

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“…In addition, they are able to receive solar intensity from just one direction (South) (Rabani et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2006;Yilmaz and Basak Kundakci, 2008;Hami et al, 2012;Onbasioglu and Egrican, 2002;Jaber and Ajib, 2011;Khalifa and Abbas, 2009). So, the present study is devoted to both numerically and experimentally investigate the thermal performance of a new designed Trombe wall which is attached to a test room in Yazd (Iran) in winter (January and February).…”

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“…Trombe walls have various types and applications including water Trombe wall and solar transwall (Saadatian et al, 2012;Nayak, 1987), solar hybrid wall (Saadatian et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2014), classic Trombe wall (Saadatian et al, 2012;Rabani et al, 2013;Okonkwo and Akubuo, 2007;Chen et al, 2006;Briga-Sa et al, 2014;Soussi et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2013), zigzag Trombe wall, Trombe wall with phase-change material, composite Trombe wall, fluidised Trombe wall (Saadatian et al, 2012), and PV Trombe wall (Saadatian et al, 2012;Chel et al, 2008). In this study classic Trombe wall with an innovative design has been investigated.…”

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“…There have been many numerical and experimental studies devoted to the thermal performance analysis of various types of Trombe walls. Rabani et al (2013) studied the numerical simulation of a Trombe wall to predict the energy storage rate and the time duration of room heating during the non-sunny periods. The results showed that the Trombe wall made of paraffin wax can keep the room warm longer than using other materials such as brick, concrete and hydrated salt for about 9 h. Khalifa and Abbas (2009) carried out a numerical study to investigate the effect of wall material and its thickness on the inside temperature variation.…”

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“…Rabani et al [18] studied the numerical simulation of a Trombe wall to predict the energy storage rate and the time duration of room heating during the non-sunny periods. The wall energy saving was obtained for the different materials used in the construction of the Trombe wall.…”

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In this study, a passive solar house prototype was built using Trombe wall and was tested in the semi-arid region of Batna, in eastern Algeria. Traditional local materials (stone and adobe) were used for the construction of the thermal storage wall. A new local bio-based material made from date palm trunks was used for the insulation of the passive house prototype. For a better understanding of passive house heating and for a comparative study, a numerical simulation, using Fluent, was carried out. The aim of this study was to supply recommendations for improving the passive systems and to participate to the energy consumption control in the building sector. The results show that the experimental and numerical simulation results are in good agreement. The optimal orientation of the solar passive house has been determined, which is at 160° southeast. The use of local and bio-based materials has proven its effectiveness in the construction of the passive house. The thermal behavior of date palm wood has been found to be close to those of insulation materials commonly used in buildings. That means it has the same thermal insulation ability (thermal conductivity). On the other hand, the results show that the thermal efficiency of the passive solar heating system, with an adobe wall is significantly higher (50%) than that with a stone wall (30.7%).

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Numerical simulation of a Trombe wall to predict the energy storage rate and time duration of room heating during the non-sunny periods

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

Experimental study of the heating performance of a Trombe wall with a new design

Experimental study of the heating performance of a Trombe wall with a new design

Numerical investigation of the heating performance of normal and new designed Trombe wall

Passive solar house prototype design with a new bio-based material for a semi-arid climate

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