Performance of the Trombe Wall in mild climates:
study of materials of the internal layer
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46421/entac.v20i1.5806Keywords:
Passive strategy, Solar energy, Bioclimatism, Computer simulationAbstract
The Trombe Wall (PT) is a passive architectural strategy that uses solar radiation to improve the thermal performance of the built environment. Their investigations, however, have been focused on severe cold climates located in the northern hemisphere. This study aims, therefore, to verify the impacts of applying different materials (concrete, basalt stone and concrete block with mortar) in the high thermal mass layer of a PT on the thermal performance of an environment in two mild Brazilian bioclimatic zones ( Juiz de Fora - ZB3 and Brasília - ZB4). Through computer simulations carried out in the Designbuilder software, the results were compared to a base environment, without PT, and analyzed in the winter and summer periods. The results indicated that PT models made with concrete blocks and mortar resulted in a greater daily thermal amplitude of the indoor air in the two climates considered, both in winter and summer; although the latter, to a lesser extent. For the models made of concrete and basalt stone, the results indicated an increase in air temperature in both daily maximum and minimum temperatures, presenting the highest comfort rates, despite having generated slight warming in the summer. Among the simulated possibilities, PT's best performance scenario was in the winter in Juiz de Fora. For the others, the need for bioclimatic strategies associated with these systems is evident. However, no significant variations in the air temperature of the environment with PT were observed in relation to cases with concrete or basalt stone.
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