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- Title
Numerical Model and Experimental Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of Electric Radiant Heating Panels.
- Authors
Ferrarini, Giovanni; Fortuna, Stefano; Bortolin, Alessandro; Cadelano, Gianluca; Bison, Paolo; Peron, Fabio; Romagnoni, Piercarlo
- Abstract
Electric radiant heating panels are frequently selected during the design phase of residential and industrial heating systems, especially for retrofit of existing buildings, as an alternative to other common heating systems, such as radiators or air conditioners. The possibility of saving living and working space and the ease of installation are the main advantages of electric radiant solutions. This paper investigates the thermal performance of a typical electric radiant panel. A climatic room was equipped with temperature sensors and heat flow meters to perform a steady state experimental analysis. For the dynamic behavior, a mathematical model was created and compared to a thermographic measurement procedure. The results showed for the steady state an efficiency of energy transformation close to one, while in a transient thermal regime the time constant to reach the steady state condition was slightly faster than the typical ones of hydronic systems.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC radiation; INDUSTRIAL heating; TEMPERATURE sensors
- Publication
Applied Sciences (2076-3417), 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2, p206
- ISSN
2076-3417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/app8020206