NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF DOUBLE-LAYER TROMBE WALL WITH ENERGY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Abstract

This paper investigates energy conservation on an office building with a double-layer Trombe wall for winter heating application. The heating potential of double-layer Trombe wall for an office building was estimated using the dynamic thermal load calculation software, THERB for HAM. The double-layer Trombe wall is oriented on the south side of the office building, and designed with pipe with fan that can control thermo-circulation, located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. The ability of a fan to improve the heating thermal energy performance of a double-layer Trombe wall was studied by comparison to a traditional wall.