Prediction of internal temperature swings in direct-gain passive-solar buildings

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

OSTI ID:5973262

Balcomb, J D

The diurnal heat capacity method is presented for estimating inside-temperature swings attributable to direct winter solar gain. The procedures are simplified to be suitable for hand analysis, aided by tables of diurnal heat capacity for various materials. The method has been spot checked against computer simulation and has been used successfully by a group of 20 builders in New Mexico to analyze whether temperature swings would be excessive in their designs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5973262
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-83-2246; CONF-830839-1; ON: DE83015214
• Resource Relation: Conference: Solar world congress, Perth, Australia, 15 Aug 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
DIRECT GAIN SYSTEMS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
DAILY VARIATIONS
HEAT GAIN
SPECIFIC HEAT
THERMAL MASS
TIME DEPENDENCE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING SYSTEMS
MASS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
VARIATIONS
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