Numerical simulation of modified Trombe-Michel Walls with exergy and energy analysis

Abstract Numerical simulations of three configurations of a modified Trombe-Michel Wall (TMW) are carried out and the numerical results are employed to carry on the energy and exergy analyses. The three configurations of the modified Trombe-Michel Wall (TMW) investigated are with sharp edges, with rounded edges and with the guided flow. For each configuration and glaze spacing, spanning from 0.1 m up to 0.5 m, the velocity and the mean air temperature in the channel, the heat flux, the exergy gain and the conductive heat transfer through the massive wall are evaluated numerically. The comparison among the three configurations shows that the guided flow presents the highest energy and exergy efficiency.

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