Modeling of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfers in a Stabilized Earthen Building Envelope with Thatched Fibers

In order to reduce the heat and mass transfers in buildings, which increase energy bills, the development of composites materials such as earth bricks stabilized with thatch fibers is important for their construction. This paper aims to study a one-dimensional model of heat and moisture transfer thr...

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Published in:Fibers 2018-12, Vol.6 (4), p.75
Main Authors: Nitcheu, Madeleine, Njomo, Donatien, Meukam, Pierre, Talla, Cyrille Fotsing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary conditions
Building envelopes
Building materials
Composite materials
Construction materials
Finite difference method
finite differences method
heat and moisture transfer
Heat conductivity
Heat transfer
Humidity
Influence
Mass transfer
Moisture content
One dimensional models
Porous materials
Temperature
thatch fibers
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Summary:In order to reduce the heat and mass transfers in buildings, which increase energy bills, the development of composites materials such as earth bricks stabilized with thatch fibers is important for their construction. This paper aims to study a one-dimensional model of heat and moisture transfer through porous building materials. The coupled phenomena of heat and mass transfer are described by the Luikov model. Equations and boundary conditions are discretized using the finite difference method. The results obtained illustrate the temporal evolutions of the temperature and the moisture content, as well as the distributions of the temperature and moisture content inside the wall. The profile of the temperature and water content that are obtained are compared with the other numerical solutions that are available in the literature.
ISSN:2079-6439
2079-6439
DOI:10.3390/fib6040075