Analysis of Solar Chimney Application for Building Heating and Cooling in Different Climates in China
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 1
Abstract
Solar chimneys have been applied widely to various buildings under different climate conditions because of their superiority in improving the indoor environment and saving energy. A series of comparative studies of the performance of solar chimneys used in 12 cities in China under different climatic conditions was carried out. A typical solar chimney in a representative building was studied using numerical simulation and analyzed using orthogonal experiment methods. Results show that the optimal structural configuration and the significance of influencing factors of the solar chimney have strong seasonal consistency. The window-to-wall ratio and wall-to-south wall ratio are the most significant influencing factors. Among the 12 cities, the highest average indoor temperature of the case room could be decreased by 5.7°C in summer and increased by 6.7°C in winter. The cooling and heating loads could be reduced by 30%–100% and 46%–56% respectively. The research results can provide practical guidance for future passive solar technology design.
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Acknowledgments
The authors disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of the paper. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Key Science Research Project of the Department of Education, Sichuan Province (No. 18ZA0370), the China Scholarship Council (No. 201806915010), and the Sichuan Province Research Center for Philosophy and Social Science—Sichuan Rural Development Research Center (No. CR1908).
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Volume 149 • Issue 1 • February 2023
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Received: May 18, 2022
Accepted: Oct 9, 2022
Published online: Dec 15, 2022
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