Modeling the operation of equipment and thermal systems related to buildings

This extensive work, the result of over 30 years of research activity by the author, addresses the following equipment and thermal systems related to buildings: heat exchangers, radiators, underfloor heating, central heating installations, solar collectors, heat pumps and systems resulting from the functional coupling of individual equipment.

The modeling of thermal processes within equipment and systems related to buildings refers, as appropriate, to both stationary and non-stationary regimes depending on the thermal capacity of the equipment and the values ​​of heat flows.

The modeling of heat transfer processes has led in all cases to the identification of the basic thermal parameters of these equipment such as the number of heat transfer units and the associated thermal transfer modulus, the time constant and the associated thermal storage modulus. At the same time, the efficiency or working efficiency of these equipments is established. This provides the possibility of analyzing the influence that various constructive-functional parameters have on the energy benefits that the respective system can bring.