Thermal performance investigation of heat insulation solar glass: A comparative experimental study

Cüce, Erdem; Young, Chin-Huai; Riffat, Saffa

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.063

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“…The self-cleaning feature of HISG provides a notable energy saving and enhancement in overall efficiency [4,24]. The pollutants on the surface of HISG are decomposed by the coating, and they are removed when rain occurs.…”

Section: Heat Insulation Solar Glassmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Novel glazing technologies to mitigate energy consumption in low-carbon buildings: a comparative experimental investigation

Cüce

Cuce

Riffat

2015

Int. J. Energy Res.

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Summary Buildings play a key role in total world energy consumption as a consequence of poor thermal insulation characteristics of facade materials. Among the elements of a typical building envelope, windows are responsible for the greatest energy loss because of their notably high overall heat transfer coefficients. About 60% of heat loss through the building fabric can be attributed to the glazed areas. In this respect, novel cost‐effective glazing technologies are needed to mitigate energy consumption, and thus to achieve the latest targets toward low/zero carbon buildings. Therefore in this study, three unique glazing products called vacuum tube window, heat insulation solar glass and solar pond window which have recently been developed at the University of Nottingham are introduced, and thermal performance analysis of each glazing technology is done through a comparative experimental investigation for the first time in literature. Standardized co‐heating test methodology is performed, and overall heat transfer coefficient (U‐value) is determined for each glazing product following the tests carried out in a calibrated environmental chamber. The research essentially aims at developing cost‐effective solutions to mitigate energy consumption because of windows. The results indicate that each glazing technology provides very promising U‐values which are incomparable with conventional commercial glazing products. Among the samples tested, the lowest U‐value is obtained from the vacuum tube window by 0.40 W/m2K, which corresponds to five times better thermal insulation ability compared to standard air filled double glazed windows. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Heat Insulation Solar Glassmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The pollutants on the surface of HISG are decomposed by the coating, and they are removed when rain occurs. The self-cleaning feature of HISG provides a notable energy saving and enhancement in overall efficiency [4,24].…”

Section: Heat Insulation Solar Glassmentioning

confidence: 99%

Novel glazing technologies to mitigate energy consumption in low-carbon buildings: a comparative experimental investigation

Cüce

Cuce

Riffat

2015

Int. J. Energy Res.

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“…The dye -sensitized solar cells may be considered to be a part of the third generation cells. A number of experiments were carried out to improve the performance of the solar PV for applications in Building integrated photo voltaic (BIPV) [1][2][3]. The DSSC finds fairly good application in BIPV.…”

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Recent improvements in dye sensitized solar cells: A review

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Sudhakar

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…They have achieved a U -value of 0.40 W/m 2 K from a vacuum tube window sample with tube diameter of 60 mm. The fabrication cost of the sample has been found to be comparable with other novel glazing products such as heat insulation solar glass [33][34][35][36]. Eames [12] has presented an overview of vacuum glazing technology and outlines the future prospects through the latest reports on commercial products.…”

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Aerogel-Assisted Support Pillars for Thermal Performance Enhancement of Vacuum Glazing: A CFD Research for a Commercial Product

Cüce

Riffat

2015

Arab J Sci Eng

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Vacuum glazing is an up-and-coming and rapidly developing technology which has a great potential to reduce heating and cooling demand of buildings in winter and summer, respectively. In this paper, the world's first commercially available vacuum glazing product is numerically investigated through a CFD-based research. Accuracy of the CFD model is compared with the manufacturer's thermal performance report, and an excellent agreement is observed. Then, translucent aerogel support pillars are recommended for commercial vacuum glazing, and impact of this replacement on the thermal performance of the glazing is numerically analysed. Number of support pillars at any section is also studied in terms of its impact on the U -value. The results indicate that the U -value of vacuum glazing can be reduced to 0.67 W/m 2 K with aerogel support pillars, whereas it is 1.20 W/m 2 K for the existing product. Moreover, the U -value might be lower than 0.40 W/m 2 K if the number of support pillars at each section is optimized.

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Thermal performance investigation of heat insulation solar glass: A comparative experimental study

Cited by 104 publications

References 20 publications

Novel glazing technologies to mitigate energy consumption in low-carbon buildings: a comparative experimental investigation

Novel glazing technologies to mitigate energy consumption in low-carbon buildings: a comparative experimental investigation

Recent improvements in dye sensitized solar cells: A review

Aerogel-Assisted Support Pillars for Thermal Performance Enhancement of Vacuum Glazing: A CFD Research for a Commercial Product

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