Course detail

Thermal Insulation

FAST-H33Acad. year: 2019/2020

This course presents the principles of thermodynamics of building structures, indoor environment and provides applications to building physics. It is focused on assessment of thermal properties of materials, thermal processes, building thermal physics, energy efficiency and evaluation of indoor thermal comfort in buildings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Protokols.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals in Building constructions, fundamentals in Physics - Thermal sciences.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. First and second Fourier’s laws, steady thermal state, Newton’s law of cooling.
2. Heat flow in walls, temperature profile, internal and external temperatures.
3. Standard thermal resistance, calculation of thermal resistance, air cavities.
4. Inhomogeneous layers, analogy of thermal and electric circuits, two-dimensional heat flow.
5. Humidity, standard dew-point temperature, surface condensation of walls.
6. Condensation in corners, condensation on thermal bridges, practical examples.
7. Interstitial condensation, Fick’s laws of diffusion, condensation criteria, condensation region.
8. Calculation of inner condensate, design of vapour barrier, one-year balance.
9. Unsteady heat conduction, drop of contact temperature, thermal stability of rooms.
10. Winter thermal stability.
11. Temperature damping and summer thermal stability.
12. Thermal characteristics of buildings - overall and reduced characteristics.
13. Convection and radiation, combined heat transfer in closed air.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Determination of thermal properties of building constructions, assessment of thermal comfort in buildings.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Česká norma ČN 73 0540: Tepelná ochrana budov. Český normalizační institut Praha 1993
J.F. van Straaten: Thermal Performance of Building. Elsevier Publ.Co., London 1967
Reid E.: Understanding Building. Addison Wesley, Singapore 1996

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer