The Indoor Environment of Passive Solar Heating in High Altitude Localities

Author

Zhong, Huizhi ; Lei, Bo ; Feng, Ya

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In order to generalize the passive solar building at high altitudes, the outdoor meteorological data and the indoor temperature were tested in Tibet Saga, the elevation is about 4700m. The results showed that the climate is very suitable for passive solar heating, and the passive solar energy can solve the heating problems in the daytime, but the indoor temperature is very low at night, people will be frostbitten. The building dynamic energy simulation software, Energyplus, was used to simulate the indoor temperature. The numerical simulation results and experimental results are compared, and the comparison showed that the simulation results by Energyplus are reliable. Through redesign the building and the choice of the supplementary heat source, the indoor temperature and the concentration of CO₂ were in equilibrium.

Keywords

building simulation; carbon compounds; passive solar buildings; solar heating; CO₂; CO₂ concentration; Energyplus; Tibet Saga; building dynamic energy simulation software; high altitude localities; indoor environment; indoor temperature; passive solar building; passive solar energy; passive solar heating; Buildings; Heat engines; Indoor environments; Mechanical engineering; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Temperature; Testing; Thermal pollution; Volatile organic compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515158

Filename

5515158