Publication detail

Coupled transparent insulation system with low emissivity solar absorber: An experimentally validated building energy simulation study

ČEKON, M. ČURPEK, J. SLÁVIK, R. ŠIKULA, O.

Original Title

Coupled transparent insulation system with low emissivity solar absorber: An experimentally validated building energy simulation study

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

A conversion of shortwave to longwave radiation heat transfer in building envelope system represents an substantial part in low-energy design campaing. For that reason, an experimental test sample of a novel solar facade element based on a Transparent Insulation Material (TIM) with a selective and a nonselective absorber was developed. The investigated element is a part of an opaque lightweight structure of a building envelope. The capability of one widely used Building Energy Simulation (BES) tool is analyzed in terms of its ability to model the performance of the TIM facade element. The good consistency between the simulation results and the experimental data obtained specifically via cooling period indicates that the reference simulation model based on high emisivity of solar absorber was reliable when predicting the energy performance of TIM based facade models. However, the low emissivity of solar absorbers in the facade cavity gives rise significant limitations. They were identified concerning the BES calculation methods and modeling principles. The computational results are significantly underestimated in case of low emissivity internal surface. The methodology developed in this study is expected to provide a reference for simulating the thermal and energy performance of TIM-based building elements with different solar absorbers.

Keywords

Building envelopes; transparent insulation; solar absorber; Computational results

Authors

ČEKON, M.; ČURPEK, J.; SLÁVIK, R.; ŠIKULA, O.

Released

27. 1. 2020

Publisher

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Location

PHILADELPHIA

ISBN

2374-4731

Periodical

Science and Technology for the Built Environment

Year of study

26

Number

1

State

United States of America

Pages from

1

Pages to

13

Pages count

13

URL

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744731.2020.1715250

BibTex

@article{BUT161975,
  author="Miroslav {Čekon} and Jakub {Čurpek} and Richard {Slávik} and Ondřej {Šikula}",
  title="Coupled transparent insulation system with low emissivity solar absorber: An experimentally validated building energy simulation study",
  journal="Science and Technology for the Built Environment",
  year="2020",
  volume="26",
  number="1",
  pages="1--13",
  doi="10.1080/23744731.2020.1715250",
  issn="2374-4731",
  url="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744731.2020.1715250"
}