Liquid flow window is a novel multi-glazing system with liquid medium in the window cavity to serve as solar thermal collector and heat/cool radiator. Provided in the book is a comparative analysis of its thermal characteristics. Thermal performance optimizations considering the varied schematic design parameters, hot water demand patterns and climates are introduced. And economic, energy, and environmental life cycle assessment are also conducted to quantify the sustainability of the buoyant driven liquid flow window.
This book provides general knowledge about glazing techniques for researchers and engineers. And the systematic studies can also be references for researchers in the area of building integrated solar energy application.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1．1 Single Glazing
1．2 Double Glazing System
1．3 Multi glazing System
1．4 Liquid Flow Window
2 Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of Double Glazing Liquid Flow Window
2．1 Research Method
2．1．1 Experiment Set Up
2．1．2 Measuring Instrument
2．2 Experiments and Results Analysis
2．2．1 Water Flow Window Performance
2．2．2 Anti-freezing Liquid Flow Window Performance
2．2．3 Performance Comparison of Water and Anti-freezing Liquid Flow Window
2．3 Summary
3 Schematic Optimization of Liquid Flow Window
3．1 Research Methodology
3．1．1 Mathematical Models Development
3．1．2 Model Validation
3．2 Performance Evaluation with the Variation of Schematic Parameters
3．2．1 Thermal Performance at Different Cavity Spaces
3．2．2 Thermal Performance Comparison with Various Pipe-work Designs
3．2．3 Thermal Performance Evaluation with Variation of Window Dimension
3．3 Summary
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4 Performance Evaluation with PCM Thermal Storage： for Residential and Office Buildings Hot Water Demand Patterns
5 Liquid Flow Window Performance under Different Climate Applications
6 Life Cycle Assessment of Liquid Flow Window
7 Summary and Major Conclusions
