As a building integrated solar thermal system,the dual-function solar collector integrated with building works for passive space heating in cold winter season,and for water heating in warm seasons.In this paper,the study is made on the dual-function solar collector integrated with building when it works in water heating mode with natural circulation.The coupled model of the collector and building's environment is established and validated.A numerical simulation is achieved to show the thermal effect of the novel system on the building in summer.By comparing with the cooling loads of the rooms with or without the novel collector in summer,the results show that when in summer,the novel solar system is available for serving hot water,and it does not have the summer overheating problem,and can even improve the thermal environment of its building slightly.
JI Jie LUO ChengLong SUN Wei HE Wei JIANG QingYang
An improved Trombe wall is proposed to adapt to building construction with selective thermo-insula-tion faades (internal and cavity wall insulation, but not external wall insulation system). The case study is conducted in Xining, Capital city of Qinghai province in China, where the general building faades are mostly selective thermo-insulation faades to fight against the severe cold. A numerical analysis is undertaken to show the effects on the improvement of the building's thermal environment by comparing the improved Trombe wall system with the classical Trombe wall system. The operating efficiency of the improved Trombe wall can be up to 33.85%, an increase of 56%. The results show that the improved Trombe wall works more effectively than the classical Trombe wall system in utilizing solar energy for the sample building.
JI JieLUO ChengLongSUN WeiYU HanChengHE WeiPEI Gang
A newly designed solar collector named dual-function solar collector is proposed.The dual-function solar collector integrated with building can perform in two different modes:working as a passive space heating collector in cold sunny days such as in winter,or working as a facade water heating collector in hot days such as in summer.An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the performance of the novel system in space heating mode,whilst,the dynamic numerical model has been established and validated.The experimental and numerical results show that during the period of the measurement from 9:00 to 17:00,the mean indoor temperature was up to 24.7°C while the mean ambient temperature was only 4.8°C,and a temperature stratification was present in the room.Moreover,a numerical study on the effect of optical property of coatings has been carried out.
JI Jie LUO ChengLong SUN Wei HE Wei PEI Gang HAN ChongWei
