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Title: | Constructal design of solar energy based systems for buildings |
Authors: | Miguel, A. F. |
Keywords: | Optimal design Shading device Solar-heated dwelling Heating pipes Solar distillation system |
Issue Date: | Mar-2008 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | A. F. Miguel. Constructal design of solar energy based systems for buildings. Energy and Buildings 40 (2008) 1020-1030 |
Abstract: | One of the major issues confronting users of solar energy-based systems is the relatively low efficiency of these systems when compared with fossil fuel-based systems. In this paper we take a fresh look at the generation of architecture of these systems based on the constructal theory. Three different systems are investigated: a shading system to control the incoming of solar radiation during the summer and the winter, a bundle of pipes to warm a room, and a distillation system integrated in a roof. The constructal principle invoked in this paper shows that geometrical form of systems can be deduced from a single principle and provides designers with tools for their conceptual design. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/5468 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | FIS - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica CGE - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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