IntegratedSystemforDaylightingNaturalVentilationand.docVIP

INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR DAYLIGHTING NATURAL VENTILATION AND SOLAR HEATING K.E. Sirén HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Contract JOR3-CT97-0172 Draft PUBLISHABLE REPORT 1 February 1998 to 31 July 2000 Research funded in part by THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION in the framework of the Non Nuclear Energy Programme JOULE III  CONTENTS CONTENTS 1 1 ABSTRACT 2 Objectives of the project 2 Main achievements 2 Final conclusions 2 Exploitation 3 2 PARTNERSHIP AND CONTACTS 4 3 OBJECTIVES 6 2.1 Technical objectives 6 2.2 Industrial and economical objectives 6 2.3 Impacts 7 4 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION 8 4.1 State of the art 8 4.2 TASK 1 - Architectural design and determination of the most suitable applications 8 4.3 TASK 2 - Detailed research and development of the hydraulic, optical, solar heating and cooling solutions of the LVP unit 9 4.4 TASK 3 - Energy related optimisation and adaptation to different European climates 11 4.5 TASK 4 - Testing of laboratory-scale units 12 4.6 TASK 5 - Design, construction and determination of the performance of the proposed system on a pilot scale 13 5 RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS 17 1 ABSTRACT Objectives of the project The project aims to develop a unit combining light pipe technology and passive stack ventilation by utilising the light pipe as an exhaust stack. This system is further integrated with two different energy options, either for heating or for cooling. The heating option is a novel design of heat pipe, which extracts thermal energy from a roof-mounted solar collector and transports it into the building for heating application (hot water in summer; space heating in winter). The cooling option, for transportation of excess heat out of the building, is based on heat pipe technology as well. While the first one is meant mainly for residential buildings, the second one is more for office type non-residential buildings. The technical objectives of the work were to develop an integrated light-vent pipe (LVP) unit, to determine, on a laboratory scal