Paper: Effects of Horizontal and Vertical Sound Absorbers on the Cooling Capacity of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) (2017 ASHRAE Annual Conference)

2 Effects of Horizontal and Vertical Sound Absorbers on the Cooling Capacity of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS)

Marcos Dominguez, Technical University of Denmark

As part of this study, the effects of horizontal and vertical free hanging sound absorbers on the cooling performance of TABS and on the occupants thermal comfort were measured in a full-scale TABS laboratory environment. The investigations have also been supported with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to study the nature of the heat exchange between the TABS and the room when the sound absorbers are present.

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