Energy Consumption Enhancement of a Solar Under Floor Heating System in a Small Family House Located in Mosul City, Iraq

Khalil, Sara Q; Hamdoon, Omar Mohammad; Almakhyoul, Ziad M.

doi:10.33899/arej.2024.143521.1288

	Energy Consumption Enhancement of a Solar Under Floor Heating System in a Small Family House Located in Mosul City, Iraq
Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal (AREJ)
Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 144-153 PDF (622.95 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.33899/arej.2024.143521.1288
Authors
Sara Q Khalil; Omar Mohammad Hamdoon^* ; Ziad M. Almakhyoul
Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
Abstract
This paper deals with simulating a solar assisted under floor heating system during the three coldest months (i.e., December, January, and February) for a building of 100 m2 area in Mosul city, Iraq. The simulations are conducted using TRNSYS18 software. The main components of the heating system under consideration, simulated using TRNSYS18 software, are a flat plate collector a storage tank, under-floor heating pipes. and an auxiliary heater which used when there is no enough solar potential. This work presents the indoor temperature and accessory loads by using variable collector area and volume of the storage tank. The results indicate that the heating system efficiently warms the indoor air in the building under study with an optimum collecting area of (24 m2) and optimum storage tank volume of (1.0 m3) to reduce the consumption of auxiliary energy to a very low level.
Keywords
Under-floor heating; Heating load; Energy Consumption; Flat plate collector; Solar energy

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