Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Trombe wall technology is a passive solar system that integrates solar energy into building design to enhance cooling, heating, and natural ventilation.This research reviews and compares different types of Trombe walls based on their materials, advantages, and disadvantages.It also examines the key parameters that influence their design and performance.The parameters include wall form, height, material, glass layer specifications, area, storage wall thickness, color, air gap depth, thermal insulation, shading devices, and ventilation openings.The importance of adjusting these parameters is analyzed to enhance building energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and occupant comfort.Moreover, the general optimal values of these parameters are proposed based on previous studies, along with context-specific values determined by climatic conditions.The findings showed Trombe walls to be a possible design method for sustainable buildings, mainly in places where very high temperature differences exist during the daytime.Also, the optimal ranges given can be used as a very practical guide for designers and engineers in setting up adequate Trombe wall systems in given climatic situations.
DOI: 10.18280/ijht.430308
Authors: Shaymaa Kh. Abdulqader, Leng P. Chung
Institutions: University of Mosul, University of Technology Malaysia
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4413121336