Thermic Controls to Regulate Solar Heat Flux Into Buildings.

摘要

Thermic diode solar panels are a new method of heating buildings using solar energy. Each panel combines all the necessary elements of a complete solar energy system (collector,controls,storage,heat exchangers and ducting) into a 4' x 8'module. The economics of thermic panels were determined using a computer simulation of a typical house under actual weather conditions for eight different climate types. The resulting heat savings over the life of the panel are compared to the panel's installed cost. Thermic panels are compared also to other typical solar heating systems such as air heating and water heating,active and passive. Since the panels can be used for cooling a building with only a simple modification,an analysis of their cooling performance is presented.