NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND FIELD STUDIES OF THERMAL BAR IN LAKE TELETSKOE

A computer three-dimensional (3D) hydrothermodynamic model was designed for refined description of intra-annual temperature stratification in deep freezing Lake Teletskoye. The work is aimed at testing this model through simulation of a complex hydrophysical phenomenon, i.e. spring thermobar for real conditions of Lake Teletskoye. In June 2018, while performing field observations of temperature stratification in Lake Teletskoye, a thermobar (stretching from the mouth of the Chulyshman River at the lake’s southern tail up to its deep-water part) was detected and studied. Using the constructed 3D model of thermal regime and actual input data for 2018, the estimate of spring-summer thermobar in the water body as well as the comparative analysis of numerical simulation results and field observation data were made.

Simulation of a convective loop for the NTED™ low energy house

The Nested Thermal Envelope Design (NTED™) is an innovative low energy house design that incorporates two thermal envelopes to create a core and perimeter zone. The perimeter acts as a thermal buffer zone, where heat loss from the core and solar gain in the perimeter is recovered to the core via an inter-zone heat pump. In order to optimize heat recovery from the perimeter and minimize temperature stratification, a complete loop is formed around the core living space, through which air may flow in a convective loop. A simplified convective loop was modelled with a commercial CFD software package. Simulations show the convective loop distributes solar gains and reduces temperature stratification in the perimeter. The location of the heat pump in the convective loop was found to affect the DOP by up to 21%.

Simulation of a convective loop for the NTED™ low energy house

The Nested Thermal Envelope Design (NTED™) is an innovative low energy house design that incorporates two thermal envelopes to create a core and perimeter zone. The perimeter acts as a thermal buffer zone, where heat loss from the core and solar gain in the perimeter is recovered to the core via an inter-zone heat pump. In order to optimize heat recovery from the perimeter and minimize temperature stratification, a complete loop is formed around the core living space, through which air may flow in a convective loop. A simplified convective loop was modelled with a commercial CFD software package. Simulations show the convective loop distributes solar gains and reduces temperature stratification in the perimeter. The location of the heat pump in the convective loop was found to affect the DOP by up to 21%.