A Novel Nocturnal Cooling Radiator Used for Supplemental Heat Sink of Active Cooling System

Yi Man, Hongxing Yang, Yunxia Qu, Zhaohong Fang

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Abstract

Published by Elsevier Ltd. Nocturnal cooling radiation is one of the effective natural passive cooling technologies by infrared radiation exchange between terrestrial surfaces and the sky. Although the application of nocturnal cooling radiation technology as the exclusive heat sink in active cooling systems is inherently limited, it can be used as an excellent supplemental heat sink and to be activated under ideal meteorological conditions to reduce system energy consumption. A novel nocturnal cooling radiator (NCR) works as supplemental heat rejecter of active cooling system is designed in this study. A practical analytical model of the NCR is developed. A computer program based on this developed model is plotted and verified by experiment. Based on performance simulation results of a NCR operated in humid subtropical climate, the novel NCRis found to be feasible as the supplemental heat sink of active cooling system.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)300-308
Number of pages9
JournalProcedia Engineering
Volume121
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Event9th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, ISHVAC 2015 Joint with the 3rd International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, COBEE 2015 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 12 Jul 201515 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • active cooling system
  • Nocturnal cooling radiator
  • passive cooling
  • supplemental heat sink

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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