Projects
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| Reference Number | GR/S02389/01 | |
| Title | Faraday Fast Track: Control of heat transfer and airflow in multi-functional facades: a basis for design guidance for low energy buildings | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 50%; Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Solar heating and cooling (including daylighting)) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor D Loveday No email address given Civil and Building Engineering Loughborough University |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2003 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2006 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £130,990 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | East Midlands | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng, Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor D Loveday , Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor D G Infield , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , IT Power Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , Ove Arup & Partners Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Abstract | Multifunctional PV facades, integrating thermal and electrical output, are being increasingly deployed in low energy buildings that exploit direct use of solar energy. Much existing research has focused on the integration of theses facades with the rest of the building, but detailed information on the performance of multifunctional facades is scarce, especially on the issue of control of both the electrical and thermal output. The experimental programme of work will utilise the advanced, large-scale solar simulator at Loughborough University to conduct detailed measurements of the airflow, heat transfer and electrical output in prototypical contructions over a wide range of operating conditions, focusing on the UK environment. A parallel modelling study will be carried out using a component-based approach: this will produce a set of advanced facade performance models which will represent a significant advance over the existing, closed-form models currently in use. Templates willbedeveloped which will allow the advanced component models produced to be synthesised into facade models in a range of contemporary simulation environments. Specific issues, such as the interaction of buoyancy-driven flow and hat transfer within the cavity, will be studied using an hierarchical approach based on a commercially-available CFD code | |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
