Solar insulation Solar insulation principleprinciple

ByArun Suvendrarajah

20198740EM10B

Five Solar Thermal Five Solar Thermal PrinciplesPrinciples

1. Heart gain2. Heat transfer3. Heat storage4. Heat transport5. Heat insulation

Heat insulationHeat insulation

Last but not least is insulation. A solar home is

worthless without adequate insulation. Heat

storage vaults and heat transport tubing should

also be well insulated from living quarters with

doors must be isolated form living quarter with

doors to prevent heat loss at night

Here are some materials used for capturing and storing solar heat

• Stacked water filled steel drums

• Concrete-filled cinder or pumice concrete blocks

• Brick, stone, or adobe wall

• Concrete slab on top of a bed of rocks

• Bin or loose pile of rocks

• Water filled steel drums in metal racks

• Concrete wall and slab floor

• Rock wall held in place with wire-mesh fencing

Reference

www.jc-

solarhomes.com/solar_home_principles.htm

www.sustainable.doe.gov/buildings/enrgcons

www.newtonhouse.info/passive.htm - 29k

www.thermotechwindows.com/NRC7.htm