A review of natural convection and heat transfer in attic-shaped space

作者：Saha Suvash C^*; Khan M M K

来源：Energy and Buildings, 2011, 43(10): 2564-2571.

DOI：10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.020

• Attic
• Natural convection
• Heat transfer
• Asymmetric flow
• Porous media

This paper presents a review of studies on natural convection heat transfer in the triangular enclosure namely, in attic-shaped space. Much research activity has been devoted to this topic over the last three decades with a view to providing thermal comfort to the occupants in attic-shaped buildings and to minimising the energy costs associated with heating and air-conditioning. Two basic thermal boundary conditions of attic are considered to represent hot and cold climates or day and night time. This paper also reports on a significant number of studies which have been performed recently on other topics related to the attic space, for example, attics subject to localized heating and attics filled with porous media.

• 出版日期2011-10