Radiant Cooling and Heating Systems in Buildings
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 10499
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building energy conservation; CFD; ground source heat pump; radiant floor heating/cooling system; urban thermal environment; building energy use; indoor air quality; ventilation; HVAC; outdoor thermal environment; air pollution; thermal comfort
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Interests: low-exergy building systems; indoor cli-mate; high-performance building technologies; architectural acoustics; CFD
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the 21st century, increasing attention has been given to energy savings due to emission-reduction goals. As such, HVAC technology and radiant cooling/heating air conditioning systems, representing large portions of building energy budgets, have received especially high attention. Many studies and applications have shown that radiant cooling/heating systems can provide improved thermal comfort and energy efficiency. High-temperature cooling and low-temperature heating systems use lower-grade cold and heat sources; this provides favorable conditions for the further promotion and application of radiant terminals. In addition, the cooling water temperature during summer can be increased from 7 °C to 18 °C, and the hot water temperature during winter can be reduced to 40 °C. Therefore, radiant cooling/heating systems are gaining favor and have also become the focus of study by researchers in the HVAC field. However, there are some disadvantages, such as high initial cost, inability to dehumidify the air, the possibility of water vapor condensation adjacent to the chilled radiant plates (floors, ceiling, or walls), a relatively long start-up time, as well as developing advanced operation control strategies, e.g., model predictive control. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to gather significant research contributions focusing on and linking both practical applications and scientific research on existing and new methods for radiant cooling and heating systems. We welcome all types of articles reporting original, pioneering research with experimental, theoretical, and numerical findings revealing pertinent aspects of radiant cooling and heating system in buildings. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence methods for prediction the cooling/heating load;
- Existing and new statistical methods to handle radiant systems;
- Advanced building performance analyses for radiant systems;
- Thermal comfort evaluation for radiant asymmetry;
- Coupled operation issues between radiant cooling/heating and ventilation systems;
- Condensation risk analyses on radiant cooling surfaces;
- Energy efficiency for thermo-active building systems;
- Assessment and optimization of the operation control strategy;
- Renewable energy utilization in buildings for radiant systems.
Dr. Jiying Liu
Prof. Dr. Moon Keun Kim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radiant cooling system
- radiant heating system
- thermo-active building systems (TABS)
- thermal comfort
- ventilation
- HVAC system
- energy efficiency
- energy consumption
- artificial intelligence
- building performance simulation
- control strategy
- condensation prevention
- dehumidification
- data mining method
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