Convective heat transfer inside passive solar buildings

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6525967

Jones, R W; Balcomb, J D; Yamaguchi, K

Natural convection between spaces in a building which play a major role in energy transfer are discussed. Two situations are investigated: Convection through a single doorway into a remote room, and a convective loop in a two story house with a south sunspace where a north stairway serves as the return path. A doorway sizing equation is given for the single door case. Data from airflow monitoring in one two-story house and summary data for five others are presented. The nature of the airflow and design guidelines are presented.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6525967
• Report Number(s): N-84-26154
• Resource Relation: Other Information: MCC Assoc., Inc., Proc. of the passive and hybrid solar energy update, 192-197, N--84-26125 16-44
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
NATURAL CONVECTION
AIR FLOW
BUILDINGS
HOUSES
CONVECTION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS TRANSFER
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
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