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ŠIKULA, O. MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J. PLÁŠEK, J.
Original Title
Thermal Analysis of Light Pipes for Insulated Flat Roofs
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
Light pipes transmit daylight into building interiors. Their installation into thermally insulated roofs of low energy buildings can be a problem because of thermal bridges and condensation problems. This article is focused on a CFD simulation thermal analysis that include four variations of light pipes with a segment of a flat roof. Common light pipes with a hollow light guiding tube were compared to special light pipes containing an additional glass unit located inside the tube. The additional glass units increase thermal resistance and reduce condensation risks of the light guiding systems. The light pipes were compared in two different simulation models run in ANSYS Fluent software and the CalA program. Temperature profiles and air flow patterns of the cross sectional profiles of the light pipes served to determine the total heat transmittance and heat losses of the studied light pipes installed in a segment of a thermally insulated flat roof. The paper compares simplified 2D rotational-symmetrical numerical model based on the thermal diffusion equation with the complex 3D CFD numerical simulation. The results confirm that the simplified 2D numerical model is suitable for the thermal evaluation of the light pipes containing an additional glass unit, too. The additional glass unit with the triple glass improves thermal resistance up to 88% in case of light pipe with diameter 600 mm and reduces optical transmittance to 28%.
Keywords
Heat transfer; CFD simulation; Tubular light guide; Thermal bridge; Water vapor condensation.
Authors
ŠIKULA, O.; MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.; PLÁŠEK, J.
RIV year
2014
Released
22. 10. 2014
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Location
Amsterdam
ISBN
0378-7788
Periodical
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
Year of study
Number
85
State
Swiss Confederation
Pages from
436
Pages to
444
Pages count
9
URL
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778814007816#
Full text in the Digital Library
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/69289
BibTex
@article{BUT109707, author="Ondřej {Šikula} and Jitka {Mohelníková} and Josef {Plášek}", title="Thermal Analysis of Light Pipes for Insulated Flat Roofs", journal="ENERGY AND BUILDINGS", year="2014", volume="2014", number="85", pages="436--444", doi="10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.044", issn="0378-7788", url="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778814007816#" }