Design of a New Solar Thermal Collector with Ceramic Materials Integrated into the Building Facades

Autor: Vicente Sarrablo Moreno, Jordi Roviras Miñana
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Designs, Vol 2, Iss 4, p 44 (2018)
Designs; Volume 2; Issue 4; Pages: 44
ISSN: 2411-9660
Popis: The work presented here aims to demonstrate the technical, architectural, and energy viability of solar thermal collectors made with ceramic materials and their suitability for domestic hot water (DHW) and building heating systems in the Mediterranean climate. The proposal is for the design of a ceramic shell, formed by collector and non-collecting panels, which forms part of the building system itself, and is capable of responding to the basic requirements of a building envelope and harnessing solar energy. Ceramics considerably reduce the final cost of the collector system and offer the new system a variety of compositional and chromatic finishes, occupying the entire building surface and achieving a high degree of architectural integration, although less energy-efficient compared to a conventional metallic collector.
Databáze: OpenAIRE