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http://dx.doi.org/10.7836/kses.2011.31.4.057

Performance Analysis of Passive Solar Chamber System  

Jang, Hyang-In (Dept. of Architectural Eng., Graduate School, Inha University)
Kim, Byung-Gu (Dept. of Architectural Eng., Graduate School, Inha University)
Suh, Seung-Jik (Dept. of Architectural Eng., Inha University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.31, no.4, 2011 , pp. 57-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study proposes a Passive Solar Chamber System (PSCS) as a passive method for reduction of building energy consumption. Through numerical analysis, the study quantitatively analyzes system performance and aims to provide foundational data for system design. For this purpose, the study configures different system operation modes seasonally and also computes thermal and ventilation performance of the system in accordance with design factors(solar radiation, air channel height and distance). System and ventilation efficiency increases along with increase in solar radiation and air channel distance; however, as the air channel height increases, the efficiencies showed a tendency to decrease. Upon installation of PSCS, an average of $98.23W/m^2$ of heat flux was introduced in the daytime for the month of January in comparison to walls with no PSCS installed. For the month of August, natural ventilation of $56.68m^3/h$ was shown to be supplied to the room.
Keywords
Solar chimney; Natural ventilation; Energy conservation; Numerical analysis; MATLAB;
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