Hygrothermal analysis of a stabilised rammed earth test building in... David Allinson , Matthew Hall *
... building-integrated, passive air conditioning to the indoor environment. The use of exposed thermal mass in buildings is well known and commonly accounted for at the design stage using calculation tools and building simulation. It is used chiefly to suppress indoor air temperature variation and reduc ...
... building-integrated, passive air conditioning to the indoor environment. The use of exposed thermal mass in buildings is well known and commonly accounted for at the design stage using calculation tools and building simulation. It is used chiefly to suppress indoor air temperature variation and reduc ...
Evaluation of heat transfer correlations for HCCI engine modelling
... c1+(c2 Tr ) / s p is a constant value where c2 = b / Tr . There is a significant difference ...
... c1+(c2 Tr ) / s p is a constant value where c2 = b / Tr . There is a significant difference ...
The Definitive Guide to Heating Your Swimming Pool
... Several heating methods are available to you, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. This section discusses electric resistance heaters, gas heaters, heat pumps, and solar heaters. Different methods are best suited for different swimming pools. Therefore, when shopping for a heater, you sho ...
... Several heating methods are available to you, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. This section discusses electric resistance heaters, gas heaters, heat pumps, and solar heaters. Different methods are best suited for different swimming pools. Therefore, when shopping for a heater, you sho ...
Residential Ground-Source Heat Pumps: In
... The full load system performance is actually better than the part load system performance. The authors speculate that this is due to the high single-speed ground loop flow rate and will be monitoring a similar system by the same HVAC contractor with a two speed ground loop pump to investigate this f ...
... The full load system performance is actually better than the part load system performance. The authors speculate that this is due to the high single-speed ground loop flow rate and will be monitoring a similar system by the same HVAC contractor with a two speed ground loop pump to investigate this f ...
2. Energy Balance of Buildings
... The internal heat gain stems from all heat emitting objects within the house. This includes human beings, lamps and other electric appliances like refrigerators, freezers, microwave ovens, fans, televisions and computers. Human beings emit about 100 Watt when awake and 50 Watt while asleep (Fanger, ...
... The internal heat gain stems from all heat emitting objects within the house. This includes human beings, lamps and other electric appliances like refrigerators, freezers, microwave ovens, fans, televisions and computers. Human beings emit about 100 Watt when awake and 50 Watt while asleep (Fanger, ...
Methods of Increasing Net Work Output of Organic - Purdue e-Pubs
... In heat engine design, the usual objective is to maximize thermal efficiency. However, for heat engines applied to waste heat recovery, an appropriate objective is to maximize power production by converting as much of the waste heat as possible into work. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is particular ...
... In heat engine design, the usual objective is to maximize thermal efficiency. However, for heat engines applied to waste heat recovery, an appropriate objective is to maximize power production by converting as much of the waste heat as possible into work. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is particular ...
Fast Algorithm for Prediction of Airfoil Anti
... found in Reference [1,7,8] written by authors. ...
... found in Reference [1,7,8] written by authors. ...
Design and Fabrication of Desiccant Wheel Dehumidifier
... a piece of equipment built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall to prevent mixing or they may be in direct contact. They are widely used in space heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, powerplants, plants, petrochemical, petroleum- ...
... a piece of equipment built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall to prevent mixing or they may be in direct contact. They are widely used in space heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, powerplants, plants, petrochemical, petroleum- ...
An availability approach to thermal energy recovery in vehicles
... Abstract: Availability is a well-established and widely recognized way of describing the work-producing potential of energy systems. A first-law analysis is helpful in setting the energy context and ensuring that energy flows balance, but it is a second-law analysis based on availability that places a ...
... Abstract: Availability is a well-established and widely recognized way of describing the work-producing potential of energy systems. A first-law analysis is helpful in setting the energy context and ensuring that energy flows balance, but it is a second-law analysis based on availability that places a ...
Review of biomaterial thermal property
... It is well accepted in cryobiology that the temperature history and cooling rates experienced in biomaterials during freezing procedures correlate strongly with biological outcome. Therefore, heat transfer measurement and prediction in the cryogenic regime is central to the field. Although direct mea ...
... It is well accepted in cryobiology that the temperature history and cooling rates experienced in biomaterials during freezing procedures correlate strongly with biological outcome. Therefore, heat transfer measurement and prediction in the cryogenic regime is central to the field. Although direct mea ...
Geoneutrinos and the energy budget of the Earth
... plate model on the sea floor. This loss has to be balanced against all the heat sources and the secular cooling of the Earth. The main energy source is the decay of radioactive elements in the Earth’s crust and mantle. The latter one is not directly measured. All the other sources of energy are small ...
... plate model on the sea floor. This loss has to be balanced against all the heat sources and the secular cooling of the Earth. The main energy source is the decay of radioactive elements in the Earth’s crust and mantle. The latter one is not directly measured. All the other sources of energy are small ...
Chapter 11 - Wolaver.org
... The thermal resistivity of wood is R2 = d2 × 2.5 (ft2-°F-hr/Btu)/inch, where d2 is the thickness in inches. Since d2 = 1 inch, R2 = (1 in) × 3.2 (ft2-°F-hr/Btu)/inch = 2.5 ft2-°F-hr/Btu. The sheet rock has negligible insulating effect. Therefore the total thermal resistivity is Rtotal = R1 + R2 = 1 ...
... The thermal resistivity of wood is R2 = d2 × 2.5 (ft2-°F-hr/Btu)/inch, where d2 is the thickness in inches. Since d2 = 1 inch, R2 = (1 in) × 3.2 (ft2-°F-hr/Btu)/inch = 2.5 ft2-°F-hr/Btu. The sheet rock has negligible insulating effect. Therefore the total thermal resistivity is Rtotal = R1 + R2 = 1 ...
Project no. FP6-018505 Project Acronym FIRE PARADOX Project
... necessary to study the interaction of wildland fires and buildings. As previously stated, if the gas and solid phases were completely decoupled, ignition times could be predicted without the need to completely resolve the solid phase. This is particularly important in the use of atmospheric wildfire ...
... necessary to study the interaction of wildland fires and buildings. As previously stated, if the gas and solid phases were completely decoupled, ignition times could be predicted without the need to completely resolve the solid phase. This is particularly important in the use of atmospheric wildfire ...
174 Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 34 (1977) 174
... enable reasonable estimates of all necessary parameters to be made from a knowledge of the mean heat flow of a province. In Table 1 we have assembled much of the available data for heat flow provinces for which reduced heat flow has been estimated. The entries in Table 1 are of varying quality, rang ...
... enable reasonable estimates of all necessary parameters to be made from a knowledge of the mean heat flow of a province. In Table 1 we have assembled much of the available data for heat flow provinces for which reduced heat flow has been estimated. The entries in Table 1 are of varying quality, rang ...
A comparison of laboratory and in situ methods to determine soil
... TRT presented itself at a Central London development site. The TRT was done on a test pile constructed by Concept Consultants Limited, as part of a site investigation to determine the geotechnical and thermal properties of the ground, and hence evaluate the ground source energy potential of the site ...
... TRT presented itself at a Central London development site. The TRT was done on a test pile constructed by Concept Consultants Limited, as part of a site investigation to determine the geotechnical and thermal properties of the ground, and hence evaluate the ground source energy potential of the site ...
Temperature-Profile Methods for Estimating Thermally
... Figure 1a shows the simulated results in form of temperature and liquid saturation at time t = 4 years after heating is initiated. (For comparison, temperature profiles are also given at times t = 2 years and t = 8 years.) Profiles of both liquid and gas fluxes are depicted in Figure 1b, for the sam ...
... Figure 1a shows the simulated results in form of temperature and liquid saturation at time t = 4 years after heating is initiated. (For comparison, temperature profiles are also given at times t = 2 years and t = 8 years.) Profiles of both liquid and gas fluxes are depicted in Figure 1b, for the sam ...
Physical Properties of Food Materials
... 2.2 Physical Properties Applications The study of food engineering focuses on the analysis of equipment and systems used to process food on a commercial production scale. Engineering of systems for food materials can be more thorough if there is an understanding of the changes that occur in food as ...
... 2.2 Physical Properties Applications The study of food engineering focuses on the analysis of equipment and systems used to process food on a commercial production scale. Engineering of systems for food materials can be more thorough if there is an understanding of the changes that occur in food as ...
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... heat fluxes. Reviews of these research can be found in Ostrach (1988) and Hyun (1994). The rectangular cavity is not an adequate model for many geophysical situations where a variable (or sloping) geometry has a significant effect on the system. However, the convective flows in triangular shaped enclos ...
... heat fluxes. Reviews of these research can be found in Ostrach (1988) and Hyun (1994). The rectangular cavity is not an adequate model for many geophysical situations where a variable (or sloping) geometry has a significant effect on the system. However, the convective flows in triangular shaped enclos ...
Unit 1 Thermodynamics
... relation of heat to electrical agency." Initially, thermodynamics, as applied to heat engines, was concerned with the thermal properties of their 'working materials' such as steam, in an effort to increase the efficiency and power output of engines. Thermodynamics later expanded to the study of ener ...
... relation of heat to electrical agency." Initially, thermodynamics, as applied to heat engines, was concerned with the thermal properties of their 'working materials' such as steam, in an effort to increase the efficiency and power output of engines. Thermodynamics later expanded to the study of ener ...
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... In other words, heat was the missing piece to the complete principle of conservation of energy. Work and heat are two ways of transferring energy between a system and the environment and causes the system's energy to change. Since this part of the course is on thermodynamic systems, we will not be i ...
... In other words, heat was the missing piece to the complete principle of conservation of energy. Work and heat are two ways of transferring energy between a system and the environment and causes the system's energy to change. Since this part of the course is on thermodynamic systems, we will not be i ...
Sound and heat revolutions in phononics - E
... (a < 10 cm–1 mm) to control sound of frequency f < 103 Hz and ultrasound of f < 106 Hz (refs 3–7), finding promising applications in acoustics, medical diagnosis and remote sensing. In recent years, however, the challenge has been to fabricate phononic crystals having small periodicities a , 1 mm, t ...
... (a < 10 cm–1 mm) to control sound of frequency f < 103 Hz and ultrasound of f < 106 Hz (refs 3–7), finding promising applications in acoustics, medical diagnosis and remote sensing. In recent years, however, the challenge has been to fabricate phononic crystals having small periodicities a , 1 mm, t ...
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... heat-producing elements [4,5]. In the recent past, considerable effort has been expended towards understanding global heat flow averages, and the source distributions that contribute to them (e.g. [3,6-8]). While such global averages are undoubtedly important, their significance should be evaluated ...
... heat-producing elements [4,5]. In the recent past, considerable effort has been expended towards understanding global heat flow averages, and the source distributions that contribute to them (e.g. [3,6-8]). While such global averages are undoubtedly important, their significance should be evaluated ...
Thermodynamics of Steam
... suspension as it leaves the boiler. But as it begins to lose heat and fall in temperature, there will be a certain amount of condensation loss in the steam line. To avoid or minimize these losses, the saturated steam can be heated to a higher temperature than that corresponding to its pressure by pa ...
... suspension as it leaves the boiler. But as it begins to lose heat and fall in temperature, there will be a certain amount of condensation loss in the steam line. To avoid or minimize these losses, the saturated steam can be heated to a higher temperature than that corresponding to its pressure by pa ...
Modern Industrial Assessment1
... water side(s) of the boiler. The resulting loss in boiler efficiency can be closely estimated on the basis that a 1-% efficiency loss occurs with every 400F increase in stack temperature. It is suggested that the stack gas temperature be recorded immediately after boiler servicing (including tube cl ...
... water side(s) of the boiler. The resulting loss in boiler efficiency can be closely estimated on the basis that a 1-% efficiency loss occurs with every 400F increase in stack temperature. It is suggested that the stack gas temperature be recorded immediately after boiler servicing (including tube cl ...
Latent heat storage in buildings
... fatty acids are the main organic materials that are suitable. They generally have lower storage densities and have higher costs relative to salt hydrates. However, they are easier to work with than salt hydrates. ...
... fatty acids are the main organic materials that are suitable. They generally have lower storage densities and have higher costs relative to salt hydrates. However, they are easier to work with than salt hydrates. ...