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Trombe wall
Passive solar techniques can reduce annual heating demand up to
25%.
These devices diminish environmental degradation and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. Trombe walls, which are also known as
storage walls and solar heating walls (SHW), reduce a buildings
energy consumption up to 30%.
A Trombe wall is an important green architectural feature that
aides the ventilation, heating, and surprisingly, cooling of buildings
Principle
Model Building
@REC, GRI
Building Size: 1 x1 x 1 m
Vent Dia: 0.15 m
No: of vents: 5
Air Gap: 25cm
Instrument used: Hot wire
Anemometer
Condition: Cloudy
Inlet Temprature
Outlet Air Velocity
0.35
30.2
0.3
30
0.25
29.8
29.6
0.2
29.4
0.15
29.2
29
Temprature, C
28.8
0.1
Air Velocity, m/s
0.05
28.6
28.4
Time
Moderate Condition
Conclusion
In cloudy condition the Trombe wall was less efficient in carrying the
air out from the zone.
In moderate condition it worked much efficiently compared to the
cloudy condition and the circulation of air was continuously
occurring
The ACR for the Solar passive building was found to be between 3
and 6.
Passive solar design is focussed on using already existing energy in
smart green design.
Thermal Analysis of
Building Material Using
Thermal
Imager
The thermal behaviour
of building walls made of
conventional brick and
hollow block
has been selected and have been analysed using Flir Thermal
Imager.
Comparison of Conventional
brick and Hollow Brick wall
Wall
Selection
Max.
Min.
Ave.
27C
26.4C
27.7C
)
Li1(Linear)
26.9C
26.3C
26.6C
Hollow
El2(Elliptical
27.7C
27.2C
27.5C
Brick wall
27.5C
27C
27.2C
Material
Convention El1(Elliptical
al Brick
Wall
Li2(Linear)
Conclusion
From the thermal analysis it is found that conventional brick wall
provides better thermal comfort when compared to hollow brick
wall.
Hence the kind of building equipped with a solar passive technology
and use of conventional brick provides better comfort conditions.
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