Optimum distribution of water-wall thickness in a transwall

✍ Scribed by M. Upadhya; G.N. Tiwari; S.N. Rai

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 361 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7788
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7788(91)90002-k

✦ Synopsis

In this communication, a transient analysis of a transwall for an air-conditioned room is presented. An analytical expression for the thermal flux entering the air-conditioned room through direct and indirect gain is derived in terms of the physical properties of the transwall as well as the climatic parameters. The water temperatures and the flux entering the room are computed on an hourly basis for a number of days for the typical cold climatic conditions of Srinagar. On the basis of the numerical results, it is observed that: (i) steady-state conditions are achieved after the third day; and (ii) the maximum thermal flux is achieved for ~L= ~Lw1/~ZLw = 1.