Electric coheating experiment to determine the heat-loss coefficient of a double-envelope house
Abstract
An electric coheating experiment was conducted on a double envelope house to determine the total test loss coefficient of the double shelled structure, as well as the heat loss coefficients of the inner and outer shells. Electric coheating is fairly well established as an experimental method for determining the total heat loss coefficient in conventional residential buildings. However, special problems were introduced with passive and double envelope buildings. A methodology was developed to meet these problems. That methodology and the results of the experimental investigation are presented and discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the AS/ISES 6th Natl. Passive Solar Conf
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981nps..conf....8O
- Keywords:
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- Cooling;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Heat Transfer;
- Heat Transfer Coefficients;
- Room Temperature;
- Shells (Structural Forms);
- Space Heating (Buildings);
- Temperature Measurement;
- Ambient Temperature;
- Hall Effect;
- Temperature Control;
- Thermocouples;
- Wattmeters;
- Engineering (General)