This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served a...This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served as the object of study. The hut, including several rooms, is entirely built with earthen walls, earthen floor, earthen ceiling, covered by a double straw roof and its central courtyard. A room noted (L) and a semi-opened living space were chosen as spaces for hygro-thermal experimentation. The hottest average temperature obtained respectively in the room (L) and in the living space is 25.5˚C and 27˚C when outside is about 34˚C. The thermal amplitude inside room (L) is 0.88˚C, in semi-opened living space, is 2.6˚C and outside is 9.5˚C. With these results we can say that room (L) undergoes very low temperature variations and that there is no need to air-condition in the enclosure. The thermal amplitude makes it possible to see the influence of the earthen walls on the interior temperature and its regularity compared to the fluctuation of the external temperature. The thermal inertia of the building walls was characterized using also the time lag and the decrement factor. They was respectively 7.0 H and 0.093 for the room (L). With this result we can say that this material has a high thermal inertia. For humidity, it is high around 78.5% in the room (L), 66.0% at the semi-open living room, when it is 59.0% outside. Through this study, it is possible that the revalorization of vernacular architecture can be an alternative to reduce the energy consumption of buildings.展开更多
Phase change material(PCM)applied to roofs can weak external heat entering the room to reduce air-conditioning energy consumption.In this study,three forms of macro-encapsulated PCM roofs with different PCMs(RT27,RT31...Phase change material(PCM)applied to roofs can weak external heat entering the room to reduce air-conditioning energy consumption.In this study,three forms of macro-encapsulated PCM roofs with different PCMs(RT27,RT31,RT35HC,PT37)are proposed.The effects of PCM thickness,the encapsulation forms,and different PCMs on the thermal performance of the roof are discussed in Moroccan semi-arid and Mediterranean climates.The results show that as the PCM thickness increases,the peak temperature attenuation of the roof inner surface decreases.In two climates,the pure PCM layer among the three encapsulation forms(i.e.pure PCM layer,PCM in aluminum tubes,PCM in triangular aluminum)is the easiest to appear the phenomenon of insufficient heat storage and release,while the reduction of the peak inner surface temperature and time lag is the most satisfying.For the PCM in the aluminum tube,phase change time is the shortest and the latent heat utilization ratio is the highest,while thermal regulation performance is the least satisfying.The PCM in triangular aluminum can improve the latent heat utilization ratio significantly,and its thermal regulation performance is in the middle.In semi-arid climate,the time lag increases with phase change temperature increasing.The time lag could reach up to 6 h with 37℃phase transition temperature.In Mediterranean climate,the longest time lag with RT31 is 5 h,while the lowest peak inner surface temperature appears with RT27.The obtained conclusions could provide guidance for the application of PCM roofs in these two climates.展开更多
Two building factors-a longer thermal lag of more than one hour for building envelops and a lag of indoor radiation to convert into cooling load-have impact on the instantaneous heat input and instantaneous cooling lo...Two building factors-a longer thermal lag of more than one hour for building envelops and a lag of indoor radiation to convert into cooling load-have impact on the instantaneous heat input and instantaneous cooling load.So the two factors should be taken into account when selecting the weather parameters for air-conditioning system design.This paper developed a new statistic method for the rational selection of coincident solar irradiance,dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures.The method was applied to historic weather records of 25 years in Hong Kong to generate coincident design weather data.And the results show that traditional design solar irradiance,dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures may be significantly overestimated in many conditions,and the design weather data for the three different constructions is not kept constant.展开更多
文摘This study analyzes the know-how of local communities, to draw on techniques that make contemporary buildings more energy efficient. The impluvium hut in the locality of Enampore, Casamance, Southern Senegal, served as the object of study. The hut, including several rooms, is entirely built with earthen walls, earthen floor, earthen ceiling, covered by a double straw roof and its central courtyard. A room noted (L) and a semi-opened living space were chosen as spaces for hygro-thermal experimentation. The hottest average temperature obtained respectively in the room (L) and in the living space is 25.5˚C and 27˚C when outside is about 34˚C. The thermal amplitude inside room (L) is 0.88˚C, in semi-opened living space, is 2.6˚C and outside is 9.5˚C. With these results we can say that room (L) undergoes very low temperature variations and that there is no need to air-condition in the enclosure. The thermal amplitude makes it possible to see the influence of the earthen walls on the interior temperature and its regularity compared to the fluctuation of the external temperature. The thermal inertia of the building walls was characterized using also the time lag and the decrement factor. They was respectively 7.0 H and 0.093 for the room (L). With this result we can say that this material has a high thermal inertia. For humidity, it is high around 78.5% in the room (L), 66.0% at the semi-open living room, when it is 59.0% outside. Through this study, it is possible that the revalorization of vernacular architecture can be an alternative to reduce the energy consumption of buildings.
基金This study was supported by a grant from National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFE0200300)The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from China Scholarship Council.
文摘Phase change material(PCM)applied to roofs can weak external heat entering the room to reduce air-conditioning energy consumption.In this study,three forms of macro-encapsulated PCM roofs with different PCMs(RT27,RT31,RT35HC,PT37)are proposed.The effects of PCM thickness,the encapsulation forms,and different PCMs on the thermal performance of the roof are discussed in Moroccan semi-arid and Mediterranean climates.The results show that as the PCM thickness increases,the peak temperature attenuation of the roof inner surface decreases.In two climates,the pure PCM layer among the three encapsulation forms(i.e.pure PCM layer,PCM in aluminum tubes,PCM in triangular aluminum)is the easiest to appear the phenomenon of insufficient heat storage and release,while the reduction of the peak inner surface temperature and time lag is the most satisfying.For the PCM in the aluminum tube,phase change time is the shortest and the latent heat utilization ratio is the highest,while thermal regulation performance is the least satisfying.The PCM in triangular aluminum can improve the latent heat utilization ratio significantly,and its thermal regulation performance is in the middle.In semi-arid climate,the time lag increases with phase change temperature increasing.The time lag could reach up to 6 h with 37℃phase transition temperature.In Mediterranean climate,the longest time lag with RT31 is 5 h,while the lowest peak inner surface temperature appears with RT27.The obtained conclusions could provide guidance for the application of PCM roofs in these two climates.
文摘Two building factors-a longer thermal lag of more than one hour for building envelops and a lag of indoor radiation to convert into cooling load-have impact on the instantaneous heat input and instantaneous cooling load.So the two factors should be taken into account when selecting the weather parameters for air-conditioning system design.This paper developed a new statistic method for the rational selection of coincident solar irradiance,dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures.The method was applied to historic weather records of 25 years in Hong Kong to generate coincident design weather data.And the results show that traditional design solar irradiance,dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures may be significantly overestimated in many conditions,and the design weather data for the three different constructions is not kept constant.
