Design and Construction of a New Metering Hot Box for the In Situ Hygrothermal Measurement in Dynamic Conditions of Historic Masonries

Mirco Andreotti, Marta Calzolari, Pietromaria Davoli, Luisa Dias Pereira, Elena Lucchi and Roberto Malaguti
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Mirco Andreotti: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
Marta Calzolari: Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
Pietromaria Davoli: Architettura>Energia Research Centre, Department of Architecture-University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Luisa Dias Pereira: Architettura>Energia Research Centre, Department of Architecture-University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Elena Lucchi: Eurac Research, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Roberto Malaguti: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, Italy

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-21

Abstract: The main purpose of the HeLLo project is to contribute to data available on the literature on the real hygrothermal behavior of historic walls and the suitability of insulation technologies. Furthermore, it also aims at minimizing the energy simulation errors at the design phase and at improving their conservation features. In this framework, one of the preliminary activities of the study is the creation of a real in situ hot box to measure and analyze different insulation technologies applied to a real historic wall, to quantify the hygrothermal performance of a masonry building. Inside this box, ‘traditional’ experiments can be carried out: recording heat flux, surface temperature, and air temperatures, as well as relative humidity values through the use of a new sensing system (composed of thermocouples and temperature/relative humidity combined sensors). Within this paper, the process of development, construction, and validation of this new metering box is exhibited. The new hot box, specifically studied for historic case studies, when compared to other boxes, presents other advantages compared to previous examples, widely exemplified.

Keywords: metering hot box; in situ; hygrothermal measurement; dynamic conditions; historic masonries; HeLLo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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