Internal thermal mass,such as furniture and partitions,plays a crucial role in enhancing building energy efficiency and indoor thermal comfort by passively regulating temperature fluctuations.However,the irregular geo...Internal thermal mass,such as furniture and partitions,plays a crucial role in enhancing building energy efficiency and indoor thermal comfort by passively regulating temperature fluctuations.However,the irregular geometry of these elements poses a significant challenge for accurate modeling in building energy simulations.This study addresses this gap by developing a rigorous analytical model that idealizes internal thermal mass as a sphere,thereby capturing multi-directional heat conduction effects that are neglected in simpler one-dimensional slab models.The transient heat conduction within the sphere is solved analytically using Duhamel’s theorem for three representative indoor air temperature scenarios:(1)constant,simulating a space with active HVAC;(2)exponentially decaying,representing a free-floating space after HVAC shutdown;and(3)periodically varying,corresponding to a naturally ventilated environment.Closed-form solutions are derived for the sphere’s internal temperature field,surface heat flux,and cumulative heat absorbed.The results demonstrate that a material’s Biot number governs its transient thermal response,with high-Biot-number materials(e.g.,plywood)exhibiting a faster surface temperature rise but a steeper internal temperature gradient compared to low-Biot-number materials(e.g.,concrete).The analysis of exponentially decaying and periodic scenarios reveals that sphere radius is the dominant factor determining total heat storage capacity;larger spheres absorb and release significantly more energy per cycle,despite having a lower heat flux density.Furthermore,a quantitative comparison of the decrement factor and time lag shows that while different materials may similarly dampen temperature amplitudes,a material with lower thermal diffusivity(like reinforced concrete)provides a substantially longer time lag,making it more effective for shifting thermal loads.This work provides a versatile and physically insightful analytical framework that advances the modeling accuracy of internal thermal mass beyond existing lumped-parameter methods.展开更多
This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served a...This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served as the object of study. The hut, including several rooms, is entirely built with earthen walls, earthen floor, earthen ceiling, covered by a double straw roof and its central courtyard. A room noted (L) and a semi-opened living space were chosen as spaces for hygro-thermal experimentation. The hottest average temperature obtained respectively in the room (L) and in the living space is 25.5˚C and 27˚C when outside is about 34˚C. The thermal amplitude inside room (L) is 0.88˚C, in semi-opened living space, is 2.6˚C and outside is 9.5˚C. With these results we can say that room (L) undergoes very low temperature variations and that there is no need to air-condition in the enclosure. The thermal amplitude makes it possible to see the influence of the earthen walls on the interior temperature and its regularity compared to the fluctuation of the external temperature. The thermal inertia of the building walls was characterized using also the time lag and the decrement factor. They was respectively 7.0 H and 0.093 for the room (L). With this result we can say that this material has a high thermal inertia. For humidity, it is high around 78.5% in the room (L), 66.0% at the semi-open living room, when it is 59.0% outside. Through this study, it is possible that the revalorization of vernacular architecture can be an alternative to reduce the energy consumption of buildings.展开更多
This experimental study is a contribution to the search for solutions to reduce indoor heat gain through sheet metal roofing in hot weather. It has evaluated the thermal impact of two different sheet metal roofs insid...This experimental study is a contribution to the search for solutions to reduce indoor heat gain through sheet metal roofing in hot weather. It has evaluated the thermal impact of two different sheet metal roofs inside of two identical test buildings in sunny weather and cloudy weather conditions. Test building 1 has a single sheet corrugated roof and the building 2 is covered with roof made from top to bottom with corrugated sheet metal, a 12 mm thick serpentine copper tube in which water is circulated, a sheet of aluminium foil acting as a heat reflector, a 4 cm thick polystyrene panel and a 1.5 cm thick plywood. A maximum reduction of 15.1˚C in the temperature of the inner face of the test Building 2 roof was obtained comparatively to the temperature of the inner face of the test Building 1 roof consisting of a single sheet of metal at the warmest hours. In addition, the simple corrugated sheet metal roof of the test building generates high and varied temperatures inside the building. Whereas the proposed heat recovery roof favours low and relatively uniform temperatures inside the building. The proposed sheet metal roof construction technique is very effective in reducing the heat gain through the roof considerably;thus improving the thermal comfort inside sheet metal roofed dwellings. Hot water has been produced by recovering heat from the metal sheet of the roof of test building 2. The temperature of the hot water produced reached of 39˚C. This study could be also an alternative for the reduction of energy consumption due to the use of mechanical means for cooling of sheet metal roofed houses and the reduction of the use of fossil fuels for domestic hot water production.展开更多
This study examines the benefits of incorporating passive techniques into multilayer hollow clay brick walls to improve their dynamic thermal performance.The finite element approach was used to solve the incompressibl...This study examines the benefits of incorporating passive techniques into multilayer hollow clay brick walls to improve their dynamic thermal performance.The finite element approach was used to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes and energy equations to analyze the dynamic thermal response of walls exposed to real thermal excitations of the Marrakesh climate.The results show that increasing the emissivity from 0.1 to 0.9 significantly increases the total heat load over 24 h.Furthermore,filling 100% of the cavities with insulation materials delayed the temperature peak by about 2.3 h and lowered the decrement factor by roughly 43%,with a value smaller than 0.07.In addition,it is demonstrated that the total thermal load is reduced by approximately 28% for improved wall configurations(100% insulation filling cavities)compared to traditional wall configurations(100% air filling cavities),which aids in improving building energy efficiency.展开更多
基金supported by the Nanxu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of ZJWEU(RC2024021184).
文摘Internal thermal mass,such as furniture and partitions,plays a crucial role in enhancing building energy efficiency and indoor thermal comfort by passively regulating temperature fluctuations.However,the irregular geometry of these elements poses a significant challenge for accurate modeling in building energy simulations.This study addresses this gap by developing a rigorous analytical model that idealizes internal thermal mass as a sphere,thereby capturing multi-directional heat conduction effects that are neglected in simpler one-dimensional slab models.The transient heat conduction within the sphere is solved analytically using Duhamel’s theorem for three representative indoor air temperature scenarios:(1)constant,simulating a space with active HVAC;(2)exponentially decaying,representing a free-floating space after HVAC shutdown;and(3)periodically varying,corresponding to a naturally ventilated environment.Closed-form solutions are derived for the sphere’s internal temperature field,surface heat flux,and cumulative heat absorbed.The results demonstrate that a material’s Biot number governs its transient thermal response,with high-Biot-number materials(e.g.,plywood)exhibiting a faster surface temperature rise but a steeper internal temperature gradient compared to low-Biot-number materials(e.g.,concrete).The analysis of exponentially decaying and periodic scenarios reveals that sphere radius is the dominant factor determining total heat storage capacity;larger spheres absorb and release significantly more energy per cycle,despite having a lower heat flux density.Furthermore,a quantitative comparison of the decrement factor and time lag shows that while different materials may similarly dampen temperature amplitudes,a material with lower thermal diffusivity(like reinforced concrete)provides a substantially longer time lag,making it more effective for shifting thermal loads.This work provides a versatile and physically insightful analytical framework that advances the modeling accuracy of internal thermal mass beyond existing lumped-parameter methods.
文摘This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served as the object of study. The hut, including several rooms, is entirely built with earthen walls, earthen floor, earthen ceiling, covered by a double straw roof and its central courtyard. A room noted (L) and a semi-opened living space were chosen as spaces for hygro-thermal experimentation. The hottest average temperature obtained respectively in the room (L) and in the living space is 25.5˚C and 27˚C when outside is about 34˚C. The thermal amplitude inside room (L) is 0.88˚C, in semi-opened living space, is 2.6˚C and outside is 9.5˚C. With these results we can say that room (L) undergoes very low temperature variations and that there is no need to air-condition in the enclosure. The thermal amplitude makes it possible to see the influence of the earthen walls on the interior temperature and its regularity compared to the fluctuation of the external temperature. The thermal inertia of the building walls was characterized using also the time lag and the decrement factor. They was respectively 7.0 H and 0.093 for the room (L). With this result we can say that this material has a high thermal inertia. For humidity, it is high around 78.5% in the room (L), 66.0% at the semi-open living room, when it is 59.0% outside. Through this study, it is possible that the revalorization of vernacular architecture can be an alternative to reduce the energy consumption of buildings.
文摘This experimental study is a contribution to the search for solutions to reduce indoor heat gain through sheet metal roofing in hot weather. It has evaluated the thermal impact of two different sheet metal roofs inside of two identical test buildings in sunny weather and cloudy weather conditions. Test building 1 has a single sheet corrugated roof and the building 2 is covered with roof made from top to bottom with corrugated sheet metal, a 12 mm thick serpentine copper tube in which water is circulated, a sheet of aluminium foil acting as a heat reflector, a 4 cm thick polystyrene panel and a 1.5 cm thick plywood. A maximum reduction of 15.1˚C in the temperature of the inner face of the test Building 2 roof was obtained comparatively to the temperature of the inner face of the test Building 1 roof consisting of a single sheet of metal at the warmest hours. In addition, the simple corrugated sheet metal roof of the test building generates high and varied temperatures inside the building. Whereas the proposed heat recovery roof favours low and relatively uniform temperatures inside the building. The proposed sheet metal roof construction technique is very effective in reducing the heat gain through the roof considerably;thus improving the thermal comfort inside sheet metal roofed dwellings. Hot water has been produced by recovering heat from the metal sheet of the roof of test building 2. The temperature of the hot water produced reached of 39˚C. This study could be also an alternative for the reduction of energy consumption due to the use of mechanical means for cooling of sheet metal roofed houses and the reduction of the use of fossil fuels for domestic hot water production.
文摘This study examines the benefits of incorporating passive techniques into multilayer hollow clay brick walls to improve their dynamic thermal performance.The finite element approach was used to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes and energy equations to analyze the dynamic thermal response of walls exposed to real thermal excitations of the Marrakesh climate.The results show that increasing the emissivity from 0.1 to 0.9 significantly increases the total heat load over 24 h.Furthermore,filling 100% of the cavities with insulation materials delayed the temperature peak by about 2.3 h and lowered the decrement factor by roughly 43%,with a value smaller than 0.07.In addition,it is demonstrated that the total thermal load is reduced by approximately 28% for improved wall configurations(100% insulation filling cavities)compared to traditional wall configurations(100% air filling cavities),which aids in improving building energy efficiency.
