The use of a thermal trap for increasing solar gains through a roof or a wall

S.P. Seth, M.S. Sodha and A.K. Seth

Applied Energy, 1982, vol. 10, issue 2, 149 pages

Abstract: This paper examines the feasibility of increasing solar gains through the roof/wall of a building using the thermal trap effect. It is seen that for a 0·03 m thick thermal trap, the thermal flux through a concrete slab increases by about 50 per cent.

Date: 1982
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0306-2619(82)90017-4
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:10:y:1982:i:2:p:141-149

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405891/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 405891/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan

More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().