Numerical study on thermal behavior of classical or composite Trombe solar walls

Shen, Jibao; Lassue, Stéphane; Zalewski, Laurent; Huang, Dezhong

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.11.003

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“…Shen, J. used the software of TRNSYS to study the efficiency of the classic Trombe wall and the composite Trombe-Michel wall. The results showed that the composite Trombe-Michel wall has better energy performances than the classical Trombe wall in cold and cloudy climates [15,17]. The shortcoming of the composite Trombe-Michel wall is that it needs a device to preclude the reverse thermo-circulation that occurs when the interior temperature is higher than the temperature of the mass heating wall [16].…”

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Study of a Double-Layer Trombe Wall Assisted by a Temperature-Controlled DC Fan for Heating Seasons

Fukuda

Kobatake³

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This paper presents a double-layer Trombe wall assisted by a temperature-controlled direct current (DC) fan. THERB for HAM, a dynamic thermal load calculation software, was used to estimate the heating ability of a double-layer Trombe wall for an office building. We designed a new double-layer Trombe wall that has two ventilated air cavities installed on the south facade of the office building, and a pipe with a temperature-controlled DC fan used to control thermo-circulation. The office building was located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. The temperature of the ventilated air cavity of the double-layer Trombe wall and the indoor temperature were simulated. It was more efficient for the DC fan to start when the ventilated air cavity temperature was 19 • C and the operative temperature of indoor was maintained at 20 • C. The results showed that the double-layer Trombe wall with a temperature-controlled DC fan can reduce yearly heating needs by nearly 0.6 kWh/m 3 and improve the performance of a double-layer Trombe wall up to 5.6% (22.7% in November, 8.56% in December, 1.04% in January, 3.77% in February, and 3.89% in March), compared to the double-layer Trombe wall without an air supply. The ventilated (all day) double-layer Trombe wall performed better than the unventilated double-layer Trombe wall in November, December, February, and March. Thus, the potential of a double-layer Trombe wall can be improved with the assistance of a temperature-controlled DC fan.

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Study of a Double-Layer Trombe Wall Assisted by a Temperature-Controlled DC Fan for Heating Seasons

Fukuda

Kobatake³

et al. 2017

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“…The massive wall is used for absorbing and storing the solar energy that passes through the glazing cover. The massive wall must be constructed with high heat-storage capacity materials, including bricks, concrete, stone and adobe, and the external surface of the massive wall is usually colored black in order to increase the solar absorption [14,15]. The thickness of the air channel ranges from 3 cm to 6 cm [16].…”

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A review on energy conservation in buildings by use of Air layers and Phase Change Material

2017

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“…Zhang et al [17] selected the thermophysical properties of the building envelope material through modeling and simulation for free heating. Shen et al [26] evaluated the thermal performances of passive solar systems by the method of the finite differences and TRNSYS simulation. Zhang et al [27] developed a numerical model to investigate the thermal response of the brick wall filled with phase change materials based on the enthalpy-porosity.…”

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The applicability of the wall implanted with heat pipes in winter of China

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Zhang

Duan

2015

Energy and Buildings

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Numerical study on thermal behavior of classical or composite Trombe solar walls

Cited by 159 publications

References 6 publications

Study of a Double-Layer Trombe Wall Assisted by a Temperature-Controlled DC Fan for Heating Seasons

Study of a Double-Layer Trombe Wall Assisted by a Temperature-Controlled DC Fan for Heating Seasons

A review on energy conservation in buildings by use of Air layers and Phase Change Material

The applicability of the wall implanted with heat pipes in winter of China

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