Cooling roofs through low temperature solar-heat transformations in hydrophilic porous materials

Cooling roofs through low temperature solar-heat transformations in hydrophilic porous materials

The principle of roofs cooling through the water vapor adsorption-desorption cycle in porous materials is presented. In order to study the effect, porous materials of natural origin or synthesized at our laboratory were characterized at the micro-scale with UV-VIS-NIR spectrometry, thermal and water...

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Published in:Advances in building energy research Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 235 - 243
Main Authors: Karamanis, D., Kyritsi, E., Krimpalis, S., Vardoulakis, Ε., Gorgolis, G., Kapsalis, V., Mihalakakou, G., Ökte, N.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Taylor & Francis 01-10-2013
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Buildings
Cooling
Dust
Heat
hydrophilic materials
Marble
Microclimate
Porous materials
Rain
Roofing
Roofs
Simulation
solar cooling
solar multifunctional nanocomposites
solar-heat transformation
Suburban areas
Temperature
Transformations
Water vapor
Wind tunnels
Greece
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Summary:The principle of roofs cooling through the water vapor adsorption-desorption cycle in porous materials is presented. In order to study the effect, porous materials of natural origin or synthesized at our laboratory were characterized at the micro-scale with UV-VIS-NIR spectrometry, thermal and water vapor adsorption measurements and tested at the urban scale in a wind tunnel of controlled environmental conditions and simulated sun. In the later, the difference of temperature increase under simulated solar irradiation between a highly hydrophilic mesoporous sample and marble dust with comparable reflectance indicates that the low temperature solar heat transformation and evaporation cooling can be considered as an additional mechanism toward the reduction of building heat fluxes.
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ISSN:1751-2549
1756-2201
DOI:10.1080/17512549.2013.865562