Convective heat transfer inside passive solar buildings

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5704713

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

Natural convection between spaces in a building can play a major role in energy transfer. 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. Detailed data are given from the monitoring of airflow in one two-story house and summary data are given for five others. Observations on the nature of the airflow and design guidelines are presented.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5704713
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-2545; CONF-830980-1; ON: DE83017263
• Resource Relation: Conference: Passive and hybrid solar energy program update conference, Washington, DC, USA, 26 Sep 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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AIR FLOW
EQUATIONS
SCALE MODELS
BUILDINGS
CONVECTION
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
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