Delta system
... pump consumes, it will convert three times this amount to usable heat. The potential energy savings are huge. In fact, compared to traditional heat and ventilation methods, cost savings of over 50% are achievable while corresponding CO2 emissions can be dramatically reduced by up to 70%. ...
... pump consumes, it will convert three times this amount to usable heat. The potential energy savings are huge. In fact, compared to traditional heat and ventilation methods, cost savings of over 50% are achievable while corresponding CO2 emissions can be dramatically reduced by up to 70%. ...
2016 Q7 - Loreto Balbriggan
... As part of his presentation, Joule proposed that the temperature of the water at the bottom of the Niagara Falls would be 0.12 °C greater than that at the top, due to gravitational potential energy being converted into heat energy. Calculate the height of the Niagara Falls. In reality the increase i ...
... As part of his presentation, Joule proposed that the temperature of the water at the bottom of the Niagara Falls would be 0.12 °C greater than that at the top, due to gravitational potential energy being converted into heat energy. Calculate the height of the Niagara Falls. In reality the increase i ...
Dynamic insulation
Dynamic insulation is a form of insulation where cool outside air flowing through the thermal insulation in the envelope of a building will pick up heat from the insulation fibres. Buildings can be designed to exploit this to reduce the transmission heat loss (U-value) and to provide pre-warmed, draft free air to interior spaces. This is known as dynamic insulation since the U-value is no longer constant for a given wall or roof construction but varies with the speed of the air flowing through the insulation (climate adaptive building shell). Dynamic insulation is different from breathing walls. The positive aspects of dynamic insulation need to be weighed against the more conventional approach to building design which is to create an airtight envelope and provide appropriate ventilation using either natural ventilation or mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. The air-tight approach to building envelope design, unlike dynamic insulation, results in a building envelope that provides a consistent performance in terms of heat loss and risk of interstitial condensation that is independent of wind speed and direction. Under certain wind conditions a dynamically insulated building can have a higher heat transmission loss than an air-tight building with the same thickness of insulation.