Abstract
Building integrated solar technologies is important not only to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions but also to help to make the technologies more economically feasible and challenge the creativity of architects in designing buildings. In this paper, two types of solar facades for heating purposes were studied: flat and transpired aluminium plates. Mathematical models of the thermal performance of these plates were developed and verified through experiments. The thermal performances were then compared in terms of heat gains and losses under the same operational conditions. It is found that the transpired design is able to reduce heat losses and hence achieve better heat transfer: the efficiencies for the flat and transpired facades are about 30% and 80% respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Energy Procedia |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Pages | 1345-1354 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 48 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013 - Freiburg, Germany Duration: 23 Sep 2013 → 25 Sep 2013 |
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| Other | 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013 |
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| Country | Germany |
| City | Freiburg |
| Period | 23/9/13 → 25/9/13 |
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Keywords
- Building façade
- Solar heating
- Transpired collector
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy(all)
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Thermal analysis of flat and transpired solar facades. / Chan, Hoy Yen; Zhu, Jie; Ruslan, Mohd Hafidz; Sopian, Kamaruzzaman; Riffat, Saffa.
Energy Procedia. Vol. 48 Elsevier BV, 2014. p. 1345-1354.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2014
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N2 - Building integrated solar technologies is important not only to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions but also to help to make the technologies more economically feasible and challenge the creativity of architects in designing buildings. In this paper, two types of solar facades for heating purposes were studied: flat and transpired aluminium plates. Mathematical models of the thermal performance of these plates were developed and verified through experiments. The thermal performances were then compared in terms of heat gains and losses under the same operational conditions. It is found that the transpired design is able to reduce heat losses and hence achieve better heat transfer: the efficiencies for the flat and transpired facades are about 30% and 80% respectively.
AB - Building integrated solar technologies is important not only to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions but also to help to make the technologies more economically feasible and challenge the creativity of architects in designing buildings. In this paper, two types of solar facades for heating purposes were studied: flat and transpired aluminium plates. Mathematical models of the thermal performance of these plates were developed and verified through experiments. The thermal performances were then compared in terms of heat gains and losses under the same operational conditions. It is found that the transpired design is able to reduce heat losses and hence achieve better heat transfer: the efficiencies for the flat and transpired facades are about 30% and 80% respectively.
KW - Building façade
KW - Solar heating
KW - Transpired collector
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