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- Title
Heat Transmission of Double-Pane Windows with Horizontal Slats in Thailand.
- Authors
Mettanant, Vichuda; Chaiwiwatworakul, Pipat
- Abstract
An automated blind can provide energy saving and better comfort. To obtain these benefits a computer program that is able to calculate interior illuminance, heat gain, glare discomfort and thermal comfort has been developed. The thermal performance of the window system was investigated. From the study it is found that installing a venetian blind in between the double-pane glass window causes a significant reduction in heat gain compared to the plain glass window. The heat gain through the window system in the shortwave part of the radiation is analyzed. The slat reflectance, slat angle and solar profile angle are the major affect on the shortwave part of solar heat gain coefficient. The blind using a lower value of slat reflectance has a lower shortwave part of solar heat gain coefficient. The effective solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and the effective overall heat transfer coefficient (U) for the double-pane glassed window with enclosed horizontal slats was developed. These SHGC and U value can be used with the equation to calculate the Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) of Thailand's building energy code to evaluate a building that use the double-pane glassed window with enclosed venetian blind.
- Subjects
THAILAND; HEAT transfer; ENERGY conservation; LUMINOUS flux; WINDOW blinds; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR heating
- Publication
Journal of Science & Technology MSU, 2016, Vol 35, Issue 3, p368
- ISSN
1686-9664
- Publication type
Article