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<p>The concept of energy is closely related to the building sector and the systems used for heating, implicitly energy saving which is a current problem of both old and new buildings. In this paper a series of numerical simulations were made in Autodesk CFD Simulation in order to study the influence of terminal heating systems over the thermal comfort in rooms. Three case solutions were analysed, as follows: heating a room using a steel radiator, heating a room using an aluminium radiator and heating a room using underfloor heating. The values resulted through numerical simulations for the average room temperature were compared with the values for ideal heating. It was observed that underfloor heating is the most efficient source of heating among those analysed. Compared to heating using radiators, the temperatures along the length and height of the room using underfloor heating are constant and close to the ideal heating. The human body feels the most comfortable due to the uniform distribution of temperature from ground level, on height.</p>
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The concept of energy is closely related to the building sector and the systems used for heating, implicitly energy saving which is a current problem of both old and new buildings. In this paper a series of numerical simulations were made in Autodesk CFD Simulation in order to study the influence of terminal heating systems over the thermal comfort in rooms. Three case solutions were analysed, as follows: heating a room using a steel radiator, heating a room using an aluminium radiator and heating a room using underfloor heating. The values resulted through numerical simulations for the average room temperature were compared with the values for ideal heating. It was observed that underfloor heating is the most efficient source of heating among those analysed. Compared to heating using radiators, the temperatures along the length and height of the room using underfloor heating are constant and close to the ideal heating. The human body feels the most comfortable due to the uniform distribution of temperature from ground level, on height.

Thermal Comfort Analysis in Rooms Using Low Temperature Convective and Radiant Heating Terminals

stefanica-eliza.vizitiu@student.tuiasi.ro

„Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi

Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. Construction. Architecture Section

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The concept of energy is closely related to the building sector and the systems used for heating, implicitly energy saving which is a current problem of both...

Thermal Comfort Analysis in Rooms Using Low Temperature Convective and Radiant Heating Terminals

Publié en ligne: 26 janv. 2024

Pages: 141 - 150

Reçu: 24 juil. 2023

Accepté: 04 sept. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipca-2022-0009

Mots clés
thermal comfort, heating system, comparative analysis, underfloor heating, temperature distribution

© 2022 Ștefănica-Eliza Vizitiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Thermal Comfort Analysis in Rooms Using Low Temperature Convective and Radiant Heating Terminals

Publié en ligne: 26 janv. 2024

Pages: 141 - 150

Reçu: 24 juil. 2023

Accepté: 04 sept. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipca-2022-0009

Mots clésthermal comfort, heating system, comparative analysis, underfloor heating, temperature distribution

© 2022 Ștefănica-Eliza Vizitiu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
thermal comfort, heating system, comparative analysis, underfloor heating, temperature distribution