Modelling Thermally Activated Components in Low Exergy Building Design : From Basics to Methodologies

ISBN-13: 9783639123685 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str.

Dietrich Schmidt

Opis

There is still an obvious and indisputable need foran increase in the efficiency of energy utilisationin buildings. Heating, cooling and lightingappliances in buildings account for more than onethird of the world s primary energy demand and thereare great savings potentials. This book providesmethods and models for heat and mass transferprocesses in buildings, which have a vital impact onthe energy utilisation. These models can be used inoptimisation procedures aiming at increasingefficiency in the energy use, i.e. at minimisingconsumption of high quality energy, exergy, inbuildings. The thermally activated buildingcomponents are examples of these systems which canhelp to reduce exergy consumption caused by heatingand cooling of rooms. The developed macro elementmodelling approach is generally suitable formodelling the dynamic behaviour of such combinedsystems with a heat carrier flow and solidconstruction parts with substantial heat storagecapacity. The presented work will help professionalsfrom engineering and research within the buildingfield to increase the understanding of where and howto find new energy efficiency potentials.

O autorze

MSc in Mechanical Engineering at University of Kassel and PhD in
Building Technology at KTH- The Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm. Head of Department Energy Systems at Fraunhofer
Institute for Building Physics, Kassel/Germany.