Open AccessModelling Fluidic Windows for Heating and Cooling
Author(s) -
Mathias Fraaß,
Lingqi Su
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1425/1/012122
Subject(s) - capillary action , lamination , fluidics , materials science , mechanical engineering , thermal , heat flow , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , composite material , engineering , layer (electronics) , thermodynamics , electrical engineering , physics
Recently, we introduced a transparent capillary glass panel fabricated by lamination of a structured glass sheet and a thin glass cover used for liquid circulation. Major applications of such device are room heating and cooling and energy harvesting for heat pumps. In order to model a façade of a building, a story of a building or even the entire building, simplified but accurate models for the temperature and the fluid flow distribution within the capillary panel as well as a device optical and thermal model are necessary. In this paper, our simplified models are introduced.