A test method to evaluate the thermal performance of window glazings |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Renewable Energy Research Centre, University of Anbar, Al Anbar Province, Iraq;2. School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 2JH, United Kingdom;3. School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B4 7XG, United Kingdom;4. School of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom;1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Kocaeli University, Umuttepe Campus, 41001 Kocaeli, Turkey;2. School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Fazhan Lu Street, Daqing 163318, China |
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| Abstract: | An apparatus and a methodology to evaluate the thermal performance of window glazing are presented. Single glazings commercially available in Mexico are currently tested. During the test sequence, the glass samples are mounted in a specially designed calorimeter apparatus. The test is conducted in controlled laboratory conditions at the National Centre for Research and Technology Development in Mexico using a solar simulator test lamp. The calorimeter apparatus and the solar simulator test lamp were characterised and the overall heat loss coefficient Uc measured was of 1.7±0.1 W/m2°C. Overall heat transfer and shading coefficients are derived from the experimental results. The test method described allows the testing of practically any kind of glazing array. Glasses under investigation were of the reflective, absorbing coloured and common ones. This test method can be adequate to evaluate film coating glazing or multiple solar control coating glazing. Also, it can be of assistance to researchers, glass manufacturers and building designers in the development of rating and comparing of glazing options. |
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