Natural convection airflow and heat transport in buildings: experimental results

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5243960

Balcomb, J D; Jones, G F

Observations of natural convection airflow in passive solar buildings are described. Particular results are given for two buildings supplementing other data already published. A number of generalizations based on the monitoring of the 15 buildings are presented. It is concluded that energy can be reasonably well distributed throughout a building by natural convection provided suitable openings are present and that the direction of heat transport is either horizontally across or upward.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5243960
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-85-2845; CONF-851030-2; ON: DE85017562
• Resource Relation: Conference: SOLAR '85, Raleigh, NC, USA, 15 Oct 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
BUILDINGS
HEAT TRANSFER
NATURAL CONVECTION
AIR FLOW
ATTACHED GREENHOUSES
DUCTS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STRATIFICATION
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
VELOCITY
CONVECTION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
GREENHOUSES
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS TRANSFER
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling