WATER-FLOW WINDOW FOR SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION

Chapter 1 Background 1£®1 Climate change and building energy consumption 1£®2 Active solar designs 1£®3 Passive solar design Chapter 2 Solar Radiation and Windows 2£®1 Solar radiation 2£®2 Single-glazed windows 2£®2£®1 Clear glazing 2£®2£®2 Tinted glazing 2£®2£®3 Reflective glazing 2£®2£®4 Low-e glazing 2£®2£®5 PV glazing 2£®2£®6 Smart glass 2£®3 Double-glazed windows 2£®3£®1 Air-sealed double-glazed windows 2£®3£®2 Gas-filled double-glazed windows 2£®3£®3 Evacuated double-glazed windows 2£®3£®4 PCM filled windows 2£®3£®5 Air-flow windows 2£®4 Numerical research of advanced glazing design 2£®5 Daylight utilization Chapter 3 Water-flow Window 3£®1 Water-flow window configuration 3£®2 A scale-down experiment 3£®2£®1 Experimental setup 3£®2£®2 The monitoring facilities 3£®2£®3 System performance analysis 3£®3 A full-size experiment 3£®3£®1 Experimental setup 3£®3£®2 The monitoring facilities 3£®3£®3 System performance analysis Chapter 4 Numerical Modeling 4£®1 Models development 4£®1£®1 Water-flow window 4£®1£®2 Air-gap window 4£®2 Program validation 4£®2£®1 Validation with solar box experiment 4£®2£®2 Validation with full-size experiment 4£®3 Year-round performance 4£®4 Influencing factors analysis 4£®4£®1 Glazing properties 4£®4£®2 Heat exchanger dimension 4£®4£®3 Width-to-length ratio of the glazing area 4£®4£®4 Glazing direction and inclination Chapter 5 Comprehensive Energy Performance 5£®1 Simulation software 5£®1£®1 ESP-r 5£®1£®2 Radiance 5£®1£®3 Software integration 5£®2 Validation of integrated simulation 5£®2£®1 Modeling water-flow window 5£®2£®2 Validation of visual environment simulation 5£®3 Performance of water-flow window in a sport complex 5£®3£®1 Sport complex model 5£®3£®2 Simulation method and settings 5£®3£®3 Year-round performance analysis 5£®3£®4 Performance during typical summer week 5£®3£®5 Year-round AC system load 5£®3£®6 Effect of daylighting control 5£®3£®7 Overall effects on building energy consumption References