Cuantificación de la eficiencia de la fachada cerámica ventilada mediante técnicas de la mecánica de fluidos computacional

Abstract

In some countries, summer over-heating is a big problem in a building's energy balance. Ventilated façades are a useful tool when applied to building design, especially in bioclimatic building design. A ventilated facade is a complex, multi-layer structural solution that enables dry installation of the covering elements. The objective of this paper is to quantify the efficiency improvement in the building thermal when this sort of facade is installed. These improvements are due to convection produced in the air gap of the façade. This convection depends on the air movement inside the gap and the heat transmission in this motion. These quantities are mathematically modelled by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques using a commercial code: STAR CCM+. The proposed method allows an assessment of the energy potential of the ventilated façade and its capacity for cooling.