Computer aided design of a residential solar heating system.

Τίτλος

Computer aided design of a residential solar heating system.

Θέμα

Solar Energy

Solar heating

Δημιουργός

Kyriacou, Georghios

Πηγή

Higher Technical Institute

Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.

Εκδότης

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Ημερομηνία

1992

Δικαιώματα

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.

Μορφή

pdf

Γλώσσα

eng

Τύπος

text

Αναγνωριστικό

MED0215

Σύνοψη

Constructive use of solar energy dates back to the earliest periods in history. The greek physicist Archimedes was the first to use solar energy on a large scale , to set fire to the attacking Roman fleet at Syracuses in 212 B.C using a combination ot small mirrors to focus the sun rays.
Today ,solar energy designs have drammatically improved and they still are in order to improve their quality and performance.This project will be dealing with the design of a solar system that will be used for space heating purposes.In order to reach this objective successfully ,an examination will be attempted of the currently used designs ,and the most suitable will be chosen. It is interesting to know that nowadays computer softwares are being developed that enable the selection of the optimum solar design which will give maximum performance with minimum cost . Such a software will be used in this project with the aim of choosing a solar design which will best fit the heating requirements of the building. The F-CHART is a computer program which will be used extensively throughout this project.This software allows the solar designer to compute the heating contribution fraction that solar energy supplies as to satisfy the thermal load requirements of the building under consideration. An aux heating is employed as to make up the difference between the percentage of thermal energy supplied by solar and the total energy required by the building. From the f-chart's results, several conclusions can be derived concerning the system to be employed in conjuction with its performance throughout the analysis period.