Publication detail

A non-ventilated solar façade concept based on selective and transparent insulation material integration: an experimental study

ČEKON, M. SLÁVIK, R.

Original Title

A non-ventilated solar façade concept based on selective and transparent insulation material integration: an experimental study

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

A new solar façade concept based on transparent insulation and a selective absorber is proposed, tested and compared with conventional insulation and a non-selective type of absorber, respectively. The presented study focuses on an experimental non-ventilated solar type of façade exposed to solar radiation both in the laboratory and in outdoor tests. Due to the high solar absorbance level of the façade, high- and low-emissivity contributions were primarily analysed. All of the implemented materials were contrasted from the thermal and optical point of view. An analysis was made of both thermodynamic and steady state procedures affecting the proposed solar façade concept. Experimental full scale tests on real building components were additionally involved during summer monitoring. An indicator of the temperature response generated by solar radiation exposure demonstrates the outdoor performance of the façade is closely related to overheating phenomena. From the thermal point of view, the proposed transparent insulation and selective absorber concept corresponds to the performance of conventional thermal insulation of identical material thickness; however, the non-selective prototype only provides 50% thermal performance. The results of the solar-based experiments show that with a small-scale experimental prototype, approximately no significant difference is measured when compared with a non-selective absorber type. The only difference was achieved at the maximum of 2.5K, when the lower temperature was obtained in the solar selective concept. At the full-scale outdoor mode, the results indicate a maximum of 3.0K difference, however the lower temperature achieves a non-selective approach. This solar façade can actively contribute to the thermal performance of building components during periods of heating.

Keywords

Solar wall; Solar simulator; Solar façade; Transparent insulation material; Solar absorber; Selectivity; Low-emissivity; Outdoor testing

Authors

ČEKON, M.; SLÁVIK, R.

Released

8. 6. 2017

Publisher

MDPI AG

Location

Basel, Switzerland

ISBN

1996-1073

Periodical

ENERGIES

Year of study

10

Number

6

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

21

Pages count

21

URL

http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/6/815

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/69339

BibTex

@article{BUT136861,
  author="Miroslav {Čekon} and Richard {Slávik}",
  title="A non-ventilated solar façade concept based on selective and transparent insulation material integration: an experimental study",
  journal="ENERGIES",
  year="2017",
  volume="10",
  number="6",
  pages="1--21",
  doi="10.3390/en10060815",
  issn="1996-1073",
  url="http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/6/815"
}