Research Article
Thermal Storage Capacity and Night Ventilation Performance of a Solar Chimney Combined with Different PCMs
Table 2
Initial conditions for numerical modelling.
| Item | Value | Item | Value | Item | Value |
| αg | 0.06 | Kw2, Wm−1 K−1 | 0.028 | , m2 s−1 | 19.5 × 10−6 | αw | 0.94 | ρg, kgm−3 | 2526 | Uw, Wm−2 K−1 | 26 | τg | 0.84 | ρw, kgm−3 | 2730 | hi, Wm−2 K−1 | 4.55 | σ, Wm−2 K−4 | 5.67 × 10−8 | ρp, kgm−3 | 1007 | Aout, m2 | 0.2 | λa | 0.028 | Cg, Jkg−1 K−1 | 837 | Ain, m2 | 0.2 | δa, m | 0.3 | Cw, Jkg−1 K−1 | 880 | νm, m2 s−1 | 17.5 × 10−6 | Δw1, m | 0.3 | Vg, m3 | 0.012 | Pr | 0.7 | Δw2, m | 0.03 | Vw, m3 | 0.003 | C | 0.57 |
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