Analysis of the thermal storage in construction

Abstract

The paper begins with and explanation of the general treatment which the application of passive solar energy receives in construction, within the EEC, either in research programmes or in the estimates for energy saving and reducing of the environmental pollution. The author then goes on to analyse the systems of thermal accumulation through latent heat and sensible heat. The types of heat produced by means of water together with pebbles are analysed in the latter case. Further on, there is a description of the work carried out at the Institute on experimental modules. The object of analysis was the influence of the mass distribution inside the module, and also the energy saving tested on two analogous houses with the conservatory leaning against the South facade, one of which did not have the thermal storage system based on pebbles. These experiments helped to define the global thermal index, which takes into consideration both the energy saving factors and the thermal comfort.