- Author
- Burch, D. M. | Peavy, B. A. | Powell, F. J.
- Title
- Experimental Validation of the NBS Load and Indoor Temperature Prediction Model.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Journal
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers Transactions, Vol. 80, No. Part 2, 291-310, 1974
- Keywords
- buildings; masonry; heat transfer; diurnal variations; insulation; temperature gradients; heating load | concrete blocks | concrete slabs
- Abstract
- Measurements of the dynamic heat transfer in an experimental masonry building were made in a large environmental chamber to explore the validity of a computer program developed at NBS for computing heating and cooling loads, and indoor air temperatures. The experimental structure was a one-room house 20 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 10 ft high with walls of solid concrete blocks and a flat roof made of reinforced precasts concrete slabs. The building was exposed to a diurnal temperature cycle for a series of tests where changes were made in fenestration, the amount and location of insulation, and the amount of indoor mass. The NBS computer program predicted both indoor air temperatures and heating loads that were in close agreement with the experimental data.