APPLICATION OF TRANSPARENT INSULATION MATERIALS TO BUILDINGS HEATING IN PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS

Comparative Analysis of Active and Passive Solar Heating Systems with Transparent Insulation

The objective of this research is to achieve a high solar fraction in social housing, for which investment costs are strictly limited. Six houses have been built in the east of France: two with active (solar collectors) and four with passive (Trombe walls) solar heating systems. Two types of transparent covers are compared: a capillary structure and a simpler polycarbonate plate. The project wa...

Improvement of thermal performance of a solar chimney based on a passive solar heating system with phase-change materials

Passive solar systems such as solar chimneys need solar radiation in order to work. Therefore, they cannot present stable natural ventilation when solar energy vanishes: to have a more robust and stable condition, solar energy should be stored during the day and released back during the night. Phase change materials can save additional thermal energy during the day and release it during the...

Solar Heating in Commercial Buildings

Improvement of thermal performance of a solar chimney based on a passive solar heating system with phase-change materials

Passive solar systems such as solar chimneys need solar radiation in order to work. Therefore, they cannot present stable natural ventilation when solar energy vanishes: to have a more robust and stable condition, solar energy should be stored during the day and released back during the night. Phase change materials can save additional thermal energy during the day and release it during the nig...

Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Two Passive Solar Heating Systems

Passive solar heating is presently a major concern of Romania groups working on building research and design. The first theoretical and experimental research studies were worked out in INCERC and used the following experimental bases: the INCERC 1 solar cabin (1974), the Campina solar houses (1976, 1977), the solar apartment buildings in Medgidia (1981) and CS 3 Bucharest solar house at INCERC ...