A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness
Controlling heat transfer and managing heat flows in a building has become very important in recent years and is essential to ensure the thermal comfort of occupants, increase energy efficiency, and sustainable development. These measures reduce energy consumption in buildings, save resources and mo...
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| description | Controlling heat transfer and managing heat flows in a building has become very important in recent years and is essential to ensure the thermal comfort of occupants, increase energy efficiency, and sustainable development. These measures reduce energy consumption in buildings, save resources and money and at the same time reduce pollution and CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, as the severity of the climate increases. The paper describes the analytical method used to analyse the one-dimensional, steady-state heat transfer through homogeneous walls and composite walls of buildings (wall structure may contain different construction materials, air spaces, insulation, etc.). The web application allows users to analyse one-dimensional and steady-state heat transfer through the building walls and calculate the heat flux density, total heat flux, overall heat transfer coefficient of the building wall, thermal resistance, temperature profile through the wall, the specific thermal resistances and the temperatures at the interface between wall layers. The user can analyse the one-dimensional, steady-state heat transfer through homogeneous and multilayer walls of buildings, being able to analyse a wall composed of a single layer, or one with a maximum of seven layers. The application allows the user, after defining the cross section’s geometry, materials properties, and boundary conditions, to determine the optimal insulation thickness, depending on its placement, on the inner or outer wall surface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39f488621b484c2da965294a7c6e2a972022-12-21T23:49:16ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472020-11-016343353A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thicknessLizica Simona Paraschiv0Nicoleta Acomi1Alexandru Serban2Spiru Paraschiv3Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania; Corresponding authors.Constanta Maritime University, Mircea cel Batran St. 104, Constanta, 900663, RomaniaPolitehnica University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei St. 313, Bucharest 060042, RomaniaFaculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania; Corresponding authors.Controlling heat transfer and managing heat flows in a building has become very important in recent years and is essential to ensure the thermal comfort of occupants, increase energy efficiency, and sustainable development. These measures reduce energy consumption in buildings, save resources and money and at the same time reduce pollution and CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, as the severity of the climate increases. The paper describes the analytical method used to analyse the one-dimensional, steady-state heat transfer through homogeneous walls and composite walls of buildings (wall structure may contain different construction materials, air spaces, insulation, etc.). The web application allows users to analyse one-dimensional and steady-state heat transfer through the building walls and calculate the heat flux density, total heat flux, overall heat transfer coefficient of the building wall, thermal resistance, temperature profile through the wall, the specific thermal resistances and the temperatures at the interface between wall layers. The user can analyse the one-dimensional, steady-state heat transfer through homogeneous and multilayer walls of buildings, being able to analyse a wall composed of a single layer, or one with a maximum of seven layers. The application allows the user, after defining the cross section’s geometry, materials properties, and boundary conditions, to determine the optimal insulation thickness, depending on its placement, on the inner or outer wall surface.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484720313111Heat transferOverall heat transfer coefficientThermal resistancesThermal insulationBuilding envelopesEnergy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Lizica Simona Paraschiv Nicoleta Acomi Alexandru Serban Spiru Paraschiv A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness Energy Reports Heat transfer Overall heat transfer coefficient Thermal resistances Thermal insulation Building envelopes Energy efficiency |
| title | A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| title_full | A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| title_fullStr | A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| title_full_unstemmed | A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| title_short | A web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| title_sort | web application for analysis of heat transfer through building walls and calculation of optimal insulation thickness |
| topic | Heat transfer Overall heat transfer coefficient Thermal resistances Thermal insulation Building envelopes Energy efficiency |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484720313111 |
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