A simplified method for the calculation of the influence of the room mass on the indoor thermal climate in buildings under summer conditions
conference paper
Simplified methods and design aids for the calculation of cooling loads and room air temperatures are described. The complicated influence of the room mass is approximated by introducing the 'thermal effective mass' of the room. This quantity accounts for the restricted penetration of the fluctuating radiative heat
loads into the walls - considered from room side - and is defined in such a way that a linear relation with the cooling load is obtained. The purpose of the work is to provide the designer with handsome means to be used in the first stages of a building design when only rough building data are available.
loads into the walls - considered from room side - and is defined in such a way that a linear relation with the cooling load is obtained. The purpose of the work is to provide the designer with handsome means to be used in the first stages of a building design when only rough building data are available.
TNO Identifier
246536
Source title
15th Congress for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning, 14-16 november 1984, Belgrade, Czechoslavakia
Collation
16 p.