Abstract
Night-time ventilation is a promising approach for reducing the energy needed for cooling buildings without reducing thermal comfort. The objective of this paper is to determine how an internal obstacle, such as a table, will influence the heat transfer in the room and the efficiency of night-time ventilation which uses displacement ventilation. Experimental work was conducted on the basis of the work in a similar previous study, performed by (Artmann 2010), and this is an extension of that work. Experimental results obtained for a case with a table were compared with the results obtained by Artmann et al. for a room with displacement ventilation, but without table. The results obtained in the experiment with the table indicated that the mean heat flux was slightly lower but very similar compared to the case without the table. The heat flux at the ceiling was measured to be the same for both setups, whereas the heat flux at the floor was lower for the setup with the table. For the room with the table, especially for low air change rates, temperature efficiency is slightly reduced. Finally, experimental results indicate that there are no significant differences in heat discharged by the night time ventilation for the room with and without table.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics : NSB 2011 |
Editors | J. Vinha, J. Piironen, K. Salminen |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | Volume 1 |
Place of Publication | Tampere, Finland |
Publisher | Tampere University Press |
Publication date | 2011 |
Pages | 499-506 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-952-15-2574-2 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | The 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2011) - Tampere, Finland Duration: 29 May 2011 → 2 Jun 2011 http://webhotel2.tut.fi/nsb2011/ |
Conference
Conference | The 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2011) |
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Country/Territory | Finland |
City | Tampere |
Period | 29/05/2011 → 02/06/2011 |
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Bibliographical note
PDF for print: 8 pp. The proceedings is also published on a cd. (ISBN 978-952-15-2577-3)Keywords
- Passive Cooling
- Displacement Ventilation
- Night-Time Ventilation
- Experiments
- Heat Transfer
- Temperature Efficiency