Estimation of thermal transmittance based on temperature measurements with the application of perturbation numbers

• Published in: Heat and mass transfer 2018-05, Vol.54 (5), p.1477-1489
• Main Authors: Nowoświat, Artur, Skrzypczyk, Jerzy, Krause, Paweł, Steidl, Tomasz, Winkler-Skalna, Agnieszka
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Building envelopes; Engineering; Engineering Thermodynamics; Heat and Mass Transfer; Heat flux; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Original; Perturbation methods; Surface resistance; Temperature; Thermal bridges; Thermal conductivity; Thermal insulation; Thermodynamics; Transmittance
• ISSN: 0947-7411; 1432-1181
• DOI: 10.1007/s00231-017-2233-y

Fast estimation of thermal transmittance based on temperature measurements is uncertain, and the obtained results can be burdened with a large error. Nevertheless, such attempts should be undertaken merely due to the fact that a precise measurement by means of heat flux measurements is not always possible in field conditions (resentment of the residents during the measurements carried out inside their living quarters), and the calculation methods do not allow for the nonlinearity of thermal insulation, heat bridges or other fragments of building envelope of diversified thermal conductivity. The present paper offers the estimation of thermal transmittance and internal surface resistance with the use of temperature measurements (in particular with the use of thermovision). The proposed method has been verified through tests carried out on a laboratory test stand built in the open space, subjected to the influence of real meteorological conditions. The present elaboration involves the estimation of thermal transmittance by means of temperature measurements. Basing on the mentioned estimation, the authors present correction coefficients which have impact on the estimation accuracy. Furthermore, in the final part of the paper, various types of disturbance were allowed for using perturbation numbers, and the introduced by the authors “credibility area of thermal transmittance estimation” was determined.