For radiant floor, wall and ceiling hydronic heating and/or cooling systems using metal plates that are heated or cooled by attached tubing that is fed hot or cold water, techniques of improving performance and avoiding condensation when cooling

摘要

In radiant floor, wall and/or ceiling hydronic heating and/or cooling systems using metal radiation plates that are heated or cooled by attached tubing that is fed hot or cold water, where the system includes a plurality of aligned modular heating and/or cooling panels attached to the floor, wall and ceiling, each panel containing a metal radiation plate and each holds a length of the same tubing, the tubing being inserted into an accommodation in the panel and held therein in intimate thermal contact with the plate, and the assembly of panels with tubing inserted is covered with a finished floor, wall or ceiling and then hot water for heating or cold water for cooling is fed to the tubing, a thermal barrier is provided between the panels and the finished floor, wall or ceiling to: diminish or eliminate "hot spots" in the surface of the finished flooring, wall covering and ceiling covering during heating and "cold spots" during cooling; avoid condensation during cooling; and improve performance.