Performance of PV-Trombe wall in winter correlated with south façade design

Performance Evaluation of PV-trombe Wall for Sustainable Building Development

“…Computer simulation using TRNSYS software was conducted using the single-room house facility with PV Trombe wall located at the campus of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (4°23'11"N and 100°58'47"E, Perak, Malaysia) as shown in Fig 1. All dimensions of the test cell were taken from the previous studies which is 3.0 m (width, X) X 3.0 m (depth, Y) X 2.6 m (height, Z) [7,8]. All external walls was made of three layer consisting 20 cm thick brick wall and cement plaster on the both side of walls .…”

Periodic modeling of semi-transparent photovoltaic thermal-trombe wall (SPVT-TW)

“…The wall is used with either glazing or photovoltaic (PV) module on outer covering. Sun et al (2011) experimentally investigated the variation of temperature of the building using south facing glass window and photovoltaic Trombe wall (PVTW) and concluded that the thermal efficiency of PVTW is reduced by 27% due to PV coverage on the glazing. Jaber and Ajib (2011) have studied the environmental and economic impact of Trombe wall for residential building in Mediterranean region and for designing the most economic residential building in this region.…”

Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Composite Solar Walls Integrating Sensible or Latent Heat Thermal Storage

“…It was subsequently redesigned as an architectural element by F. Trombe and J. Michel [11], as frequently acknowledged in published papers on: Trombe wall, Trombe-Michel solar wall, or composite solar wall. In current research dedicated to energy and environmental contexts, passive solar wall techniques are more relevant than ever, leading to the development of various passive configurations, namely: (a) the classical Trombe wall: engineering techniques [12], theoretical and experimental investigations of heat transfer [13], comparison of the effects of air flow rate between the one-dimensional and two-dimensional models [14], and the numerical study of thermal performance [15]; (b) the PCM Trombe wall: clay bricks integrating PCM macro-capsules functioning as the storage wall [16], thermal performance of a PCM storage wall in temperate and hot climates [17], a simulation study of building walls using the collector-storage wall integrating PCMs [18], a summary of the investigation and analysis conducted on systems incorporating PCMs as storage elements [19], the heat storage wall of the studied building ventilation using black paraffin wax [20], and experimental investigations of PCM wall thermal performance improved by delta winglet vortex generators [21]; (c) a composite Trombe wall with or without PCM: the numerical study of a composite Trombe wall model both with and without PCM in relying on the Dymola/Modelica software [22], numerical studies of the comparison between two walls using sensible heat (with concrete as the storage wall) by means of TRNSYS software [23], experimental studies on the energy performance of a composite Trombe wall using concrete blocks as the storage element [24], an experimental study of a small-scale Trombe wall integrating the brick-shaped packages of PCM (hydrated salt) [25], and a theoretical study of a solar wall collector system on thermal performance [26]; and (d) a photovoltaic (PV) Trombe wall: applied in a one-room building model using TRNSYS software [27,28], a numerical study using FORTRAN to simulate the influence of photovoltaic glazing on the thermal and electrical performance of a photovoltaic-Trombe wall [29], a PV-Trombe wall assisted by a DC fan [30], a numerical study of the two-dimensional model of a PV glass panel [31,32], validation of the energy modeling of a building using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and comparison of the system with a PV panel, single glass and double glass [33,34], experimental and numerical studies during winter correlated with a south facade design [35], and a numerical study of the periodic modeling o...…”