Abstract: The design tools that are presently available for use by designers of passive solar heating or cooling systems include detailed simulation codes, correlations derived from the detailed codes, ...

Abstract: An analytical method for determining the effects of temperature differentials on cycling rates for a bang-bang controller in a solar collector loop is presented. The method is an extension of ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of determining the optimal mix of energy conservation, passive solar, and zone heating systems in residential buildings. Analytic solutions to constrained and ...

Abstract: Allowing a solar system that is governed by Bang-Bang controllers to cycle is shown to have an effect on the overall energy collection. An analytical method to evaluate the relative increase ...

Abstract: The optimal flat plate collector fluid flow rate is determined for several combinations of objective functions and system models. The method of implementing the control strategy for one of the ...

Abstract: The effective temperature, a linear combination of a building’s enclosure temperature, mean radiant temperature, and the ambient temperature, is a measure of the thermal comfort inside a building. ...