The Influence of the Thermal Inertia of Building Structures On Comfort and Energy Consumption

Guglielmini, G.; Magrini, U.; Nannei, E.

doi:10.1177/109719638100500201

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“…The fundamental benefit of fabric's thermal mass is its ability to capture the internal, casual and solar heat gains, helping to moderate internal temperature swings and shifting the time that the peak load occurs [12,17,19,25,26]. Previous studies have also shown that the thermal mass of the fabric can be used to prevent buildings from overheating [23,27,28].…”

Section: Thermal Mass and Icfmentioning

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The modelling gap: Quantifying the discrepancy in the representation of thermal mass in building simulation

Mantesi

Hopfe

Cook

et al. 2018

Building and Environment

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Section: Thermal Mass and Icfmentioning

confidence: 99%

The modelling gap: Quantifying the discrepancy in the representation of thermal mass in building simulation

Mantesi

Hopfe

Cook

et al. 2018

Building and Environment

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“…This type of study analyzes what is usually known as urban building configurations or urban design, which consists of a group of buildings of different sizes grouped in such a way that the influence of factors such as wind velocity, solar radiation, among others, on the thermal performance of the built environment are studied. This type of studies have been carried out by authors such as Guglielmini et al (1981), Gao et al (2008), and Yasa (2017). Kahsay et al (2019) mentioned the importance of an accurate CHTC in thermal analysis in buildings, because this variable can generate an error between 20% and 40% when estimating buildings energy consumption.…”

Section: Studies On Urban Designmentioning

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Coupling building energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics: An overview

Rodríguez-Vázquez

Hernández-Pérez

Xamán

et al. 2020

Journal of Building Physics

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Building energy simulations coupled with computational fluid dynamics tools have emerged, recently, as an accurate and effective tool to improve the estimation of energy requirements and thermal comfort in buildings. Building modelers and researchers usually implement this coupling in the boundary conditions of both tools (e.g. surface temperature, ambient temperature, and conductive and convective fluxes). This work reviews how the building energy simulation–computational fluid dynamics coupling has evolved since its first implementation to the present day. Moreover, this article also summarizes and discusses the research studies in which the building energy simulation–computational fluid dynamics coupling has been used to analyze building systems, building components, and building urban configurations. Implementing a building energy simulation–computational fluid dynamics coupling brings a series of benefits when compared with the conventional building energy simulation methodology, a building energy simulation–computational fluid dynamics coupling provides an improvement that ranges between 10% and 50% for estimating the building energy requirements. Moreover, the computation time to implement computational fluid dynamics with information obtained from the building energy simulation could be reduced by as well.

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“…A building with an increased amount of thermal 2 of 13 mass is able to time-shift and flatten out heat flow fluctuations [9,10]; this is referred to as the thermal inertia of a building [8]. Guglielmini et al [11] introduce the term "passive thermoregulation effect" to describe the effect with which a building's thermal inertia is able to reduce the fluctuations of the inside air temperature.…”

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Peripheral Isothermal System of Heat Gain Storage for Thermal Stability in Low-Energy Buildings

2019

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The problem of heat storage in low- or ultra-low-energy houses is becoming a crucial issue. The general purpose of this study was to determine the potential for utilising heat gain recovery in a building. The proposed solution is based on an auxiliary latent heat storage tank using paraffin RT24. The tank is connected to an integrated heat recovery system that supplies heat from the internal loop of a mechanical ventilation system. The storage capacity of the tank was determined using the proposed parameter “excess of heat gains” of the thermal zone, and was obtained by measurement. The detailed construction of the tank, the phase change material properties and the quantity were proposed. The data that was collected allowed for the calculation of the temporary charging level as well as the overall seasonal energy stored in the tank. It was shown that during the heating season, the temperature could rise above the set-up value of 20 °C by as much as 8 K at maximum. Although the analysed building was characterised by heavy construction and high thermal mass, the additional heat could be effectively stored and utilised to cover the energy demand of the zone at the level of 88 MJ/a and 208 MJ/a, depending on the airflow rate between the rooms and the heat exchanger, for 140 and 420 m3/h, respectively. The expected energy effect for a low thermal mass construction, e.g., a timber frame was much higher and the results obtained by using the numerical simulation were 116 MJ/a for 140 m3/h, and 273 MJ/a for 420 m3/h, respectively.

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The Influence of the Thermal Inertia of Building Structures On Comfort and Energy Consumption

Abstract: A theoretical analysis was carried out in order to study the influence of the thermal inertia of building struc tures on thermal comfort and energy consumption.

Cited by 14 publications

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The modelling gap: Quantifying the discrepancy in the representation of thermal mass in building simulation

The modelling gap: Quantifying the discrepancy in the representation of thermal mass in building simulation

Coupling building energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics: An overview

Peripheral Isothermal System of Heat Gain Storage for Thermal Stability in Low-Energy Buildings

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