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PROJECT PASSYS

Objectif

THE AIMS OF THE PASSYS PROJECT ARE:

- TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN PASSIVE SOLAR SIMULATION MODELS AND DESIGN METHODS THROUGH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION.
- TO DEVELOP RELIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE TEST PROCEDURES FOR PASSIVE SOLAR COMPONENTS.

THE BELGIAN MAIN ACTIVITIES CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:

- TWO TEST-CELLS, THE MEASUREMENT CONTAINER AND THE ELECTRICAL EMERGENCY SYSTEM WERE INSTALLED. THE SENSORS WERE INSTALLED BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER 1987.

- THE B.B.R.I. HAS COORDINATED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBGROUP "INSTRUMENTATION".
THEREFORE, A PROPOSAL FOR COMMON SENSORS TO BE USED IN THE PROJECT, HAS BEEN MADE, DETAILED PRESSURISATION MEASUREMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT ON THE B.B.R.I. TEST-CELLS, AN ANALYSIS OF ALL THE PRESSURISATION MEASUREMENTS WAS DONE AND SOME PRELIMINARY TRACER GAS MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE.

- THE THEORETICAL TWO- AND THREE DIMENSIONAL HEAT LOSSES WERE ANALYSED IN DETAIL BY THE B.B.R.I. SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID FOR THE ENTRY DOOR IN THE MEASUREMENT ROOM WHERE AN IMPORTANT THERMAL BRIDGE WAS FOUND.
THEREFORE ONE OF THESE DOORS WAS ALSO INSTALLED IN A HOT BOX-COLD BOX TO MEASURE THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE DOOR AND THE WALL IN WHICH IS INSTALLED.

- A LARGE NUMBER OF CALCULATIONS WITH ESP WERE DONE BY THE V.U.B. SEVERAL TOPICS WERE ANALYSED E.G.:
* THE TEST-CELL BEHAVIOUR FOR DIFFERENT EUROPEAN CLIMATES AND THE DESIRED POWER OF THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM
* SOME OF THE SIMPLIFIED DESIGN TOOLS PROCEDURES WERE ANALYSED BY THE V.U.B. IN DETAIL
* CLIMATIC DATA FILES WERE PREPARED FOR COPENHAGEN, LERWICK, BRUSSELS, MILANO AND TRAPANI, COMPATIBLE WITH ESP AND MG-1
* NEW VALIDATION WORK WAS DONE BY THE V.U.B. ON ESP AS WELL AS ANALYTICAL TESTS AND SENSITIVITY STUDIES.

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CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction
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21-23,Rue de la Violette
1000 Bruxelles
Belgique

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