We are looking at how to determine the night cooling
potential of a metal roof and wondered if your collector module could do that
or if you have any results showing the amount of cooling that you obtained from
your tests.
John Hollick
Conserval Engineering Inc
E: jhollick@solarwall.com
Jeff Thornton thornton at tess-inc.com
Tue Jan 8 10:02:31 CST 2008
<The component library has collector modules which cannot be linked to the
effective sky temperature. As a result I am not able to estimate the
radiative losses correctly. Is there any radiator/collector component that
I can link to effective sky temperature? >
Our (TESS Libraries) unglazed flat plate collectors do exactly as you
suggest. We have used them in projects where the user collects heat
during the day into a large storage tank then charges a large cooling tank
at night by rejecting heat to the ambient/sky.
Let me know if you'd like details on the model.
Jeff
Jeff Thornton
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