• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.75-81
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• 2008

Thermal performance of passive solar Trombe wall system which is applied on the south wall of KIER Zero energy Solar House has been monitored for 6 months of heating season. Based upon the long-term measurement results, extensive statistical analysis was conducted to investigate temperature profiler and heat flow pattern in Trombe wall system under actual operating condition. Heat flow characteristics depending on the time variation of day and month was clearly revealed. Heat gain and loss on the inner surface of the Trombe wall was calculated base upon measured temperature data. Those results would be utilized to improve the efficiency of new type solar storage wall system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1609-1620
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• 1993

A Study on the trombe wall system, a kind of passive solar systems, has been performed numerically. The system is treated as a two-dimensional steady turbulent natural convection including constant heat source per unit area. The numerical code, "PHOENICS, " was employed to analyze this conduction-convection conjugated heat transfer. The general mode of the flow field was examined, and the exchange of mass between two recirculating flows is found to be the major mechanism of the heat transfer. It is shown that the performance is affected by the changes in the geometrical factors-the thickness of the wall, the width between the windowand the wall, and size of the vents. Further analysis has been performed to show the optimal geometry with regard to the last two factors.o factors.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.22-28
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• 2010

This study analyzed the performance of passive solar system for office building. A unit model of the passive solar system was proposed in order to predict its performance under varying parameters and Seoul weather date. Steady state heat transfer equations were set up using a energy balanced equations and solved using a inverse matrix method. Numerical simulation program to analyze system was developed by using MATLAB. As the results, the passive solar system performance of office building was determined by the insolation and the outdoor air temperature. Also the passive solar system indicate 6.7~16.2% of annual average efficiency. In the comparison with other systems of the conventional wall, mass wall could reduce the heating loads of 7.1% and trombe wall could reduce heating loads of 11.5%. Through this study, performance of passive solar system for office building was verified by numerical method. Consequently, the passive solar system could operate an important role as the alternative for saving energy consumption of office building, and the additional studies should be made through the experimental method for the commercialization.

• Solar Energy
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.51-61
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• 1992

A numerical study on the Trombe wall system, a kind of passive solar systems, has been peformed. The system is modelled as the 2-dimensional steady laminar flow with the natural convection. The PHOENICS code was employed to analyse the performance variation due to the change in the geometrical factor. The mass flow rate and the maximum temperature are changed by the variations in the width of the vents, the width between the window and the wall, and the location of the vents. And there exists the optimal condition to maximize the utilization factor. Further precise analysis has been performed to show the optimal geometry with regard to the above three factors.