Environmental Influences in the Simulation of a Solar Space Heating System

摘要

The objective of this thesis was to determine whether hourly departures in building heat loss given by a simplified degree day approach has a significant effect on the selection of an optimum collector size for the solar system. A numerical model was to do simulation studies. Using the results from this simulation an optimum collector size was determined from the energy requirements given by each model and a comparison made between the simulations and the degree day approaches. (Author)