Heat distribution by natural convection

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-033177-5.50060-0· OSTI ID:5633381

Balcomb, J D

Natural convection can provide adequate heat distribution in many situations that arise in buildings. This is appropriate, for example, in passive solar buildings where some rooms tend to be more strongly solar heated than others. Natural convection can also be used to reduce the number of auxiliary heating units required in a building. Natural airflow and heat transport through doorways and other internal building apertures are predictable and can be accounted for in the design. The nature of natural convection is described, and a design chart is presented appropriate to a simple, single-doorway situation. Experimental results are summarized based on the monitoring of 15 passive solar buildings which employ a wide variety of geometrical configurations including natural convective loops.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5633381
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-85-2215; CONF-850604-8; ON: DE85014083
• Resource Relation: Conference: INTERSOL '85 - Solar energy--the diverse solution, Montreal, Canada, 23 Jun 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
NATURAL CONVECTION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
AIR FLOW
APERTURES
FLOW RATE
GREENHOUSES
HYBRID SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STRATIFICATION
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
BUILDINGS
CONVECTION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS TRANSFER
OPENINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling