thermal analysis and performance

Thermal performance: thermal performance terms

For light-frame walls, wood vs steel studs see: CWC(2002), "Thermal Performance of Light-Frame Assemblies", Candadian Wood Council, Environmental Bulletins, No. 3, http://www.cwc.ca/environmental/bulletins/bulletin_3/index.htmlhttp://www.cwc.ca/environmental/bulletins/bulletin_3/index.html

Annotated Bibliography of the Building Envelope

"list of over 170 reference materials concerning the design, construction, and maintenance of the building envelope applicable to the context of British Columbia including references specific to the coastal climate"




Apparatus and method for heat flow measurement

Article on "A method for accurate, on site heat flow measurement through a substrate surface using surface mounted heat flow sensors and an apparatus for on site calibration of surface mounted heat flow sensors are presented. "




ASHRAE-American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

"the sole purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration for the public's benefit through research, standards writing, continuing education and publications."




Simulation program: BLAST

Building Systems Lab, University of Illinois Info on EnergyPlus and BLAST




Wall Thermal Performance Calculator

"an on-line, interactive method for determining the whole-wall R-value for a variety of wall systems and house plans. " byOak Ridge National Laboratory

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Application of latent heat thermal energy storage in buildings: State-of-the-art and outlook, by Zhang Y., Zhou, G., Lin, K., Zhang, Q. and Di, H., 2007

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Building envelope design, Part 2: estimating field performance of thermal insulation, by Bomberg, M. T. and Kumaran, M. K., 1993

guarded hot box

C236-89, Standard test method for steady-state thermal performance of building assemblies by means of a guarded hot box, by ASTM, 1989

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C518-91, Standard test method for steady-state heat flux measurements and thermal transmission properties by means of the heat flow meter apparatus, by ASTM, 1991

ASTM calibrated hot box

C976-90(1996)e1 standard test method for thermal performance of building assemblies by means of a calibrated hot box, by ASTM, 1996

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Effect of framing factor on clear wall r-value for wood and steel framed walls, by Syed, A.M., Kosny, J., 2006

active evvelope

Evaluating the thermal performance of active envelopes, by Saelens, D. and Hens, H., 2001

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Experimental investigation of the hygrothermal performance of insulation materials, by Hansen, K. K., Rode, C., and Hansen, E., 2001

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Framework for coupling room air models to heat balance model load and energy calculations (RP-1222), by Griffith, B. and Chen, Q. Y., 2004

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Heat flow in building components, experiment and analysis, by Wallent¨¦n, P., 1998

Heat transfer

Heat transfer - a review of 2000 literature, by Goldstein, R. J., et al, 2002

review

Heat transfer - a review of 2002 literature, by Goldstein, J., et al., 2005

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Heat transfer-A review of 2003 literature, by Goldstein, R. J., Ibele, W. E., Patankar, S. V., Simon, T. W., Kuehn, T. H., Strykowski, P. J. and Tamma, K. K., 2006

heat measurement in insulation

Heat transmission measurements in thermal insulations, by ASTM, 1974

FFT of transient heat flow

High accuracy heat flow calculation - a method to calculate the heat flow for an arbitrary wall with constant material properties in a natural climate, by Anderlind, G., 1997

system identification

Identification of the main thermal characteristics of building components using MATLAB, by Jim¨¦nez, M. J., Madsen, H. and Andersen, K. K., 2008

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In-Situ performance evaluation of exterior insulation basement systems (EIBS) - spray polyurethane foam: summary report, by Swinton, M. C., Bomberg, M. T., Kumaran, M. K., Maref, W., Normandin, N. and Marchand, R. G., 2000

NFRC 100

NFRC 100: Procedure for Determining Fenestration Product U-factors, by NFRC, 2001

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NIST/NRC-Canada interlaboratory comparison of guarded hot plate measurements: 1993-1997, by Zarr, R.R., Kumaran, K. and Lagergren, E.S, 1997

error analysi, uncertainty analysis

Practical application of uncertainty analysis, by Macdonald, I. And Strachan, P., 2001

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R-values for timber framed building elements, by Williamson, T., 2000

ASHRAE 90.1

Standard 90.2, Energy Efficient Design of New Low-Rise Residential Buildings, by ASHRAE, 1999

2D transient heat transfer

Structure based, two-dimensional, anisotropic, transient heat conduction model for wood, by Gu, H., 2001

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Study on overall thermal performance of metal curtain walls , by Ge, H., 2003

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The adaptive conflation of computational fluid dynamics with whole-building thermal simulation, by Beausoleil-morrison, I., 2002

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The development of an accurate tool to determine convective heat transfer coefficients in real buildings, by Davies, M., Martin, C., Watson, M. and Riain, C., 2005

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The influence of soil moisture in the unsaturated zone on the heat loss from buildings via the ground, by Janssen, H., Carmeliet, J. and Hens, H., 2002

whole wall, calculator

The whole wall thermal performance calculator-on the net, by Christian, J. E., J. Kosny, A. O. Desjarlais, and P. W. Childs, 1998

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Thermal degradation of fire-retardant-treated plywood, by Winandy, J. E., 2002

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Thermal models of buildings, determination of temperatures, heating and cooling loads. theories, models and computer programs., by K?llblad, K., 1998

exterior basement insulation systems

Three-dimensional analysis of thermal resistance of exterior basement insulation systems (EIBS), by Maref, W., Swinton, M. C., Kumaran, M. K. and Bomberg, M. T., 2001

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Transient solution methods for dynamic thermal modelling within CFD, by Somarathne, S., Seymour, M. and Kolokotroni, M., 2004