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Experimental Thermal Assessment of a Trombe Wall Under a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Climate of Mexico

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  • Iván Hernández-Pérez

    (División Académica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (DAIA-UJAT), Carretera Cunduacán-Jalpa de Méndez Km. 1, Cunduacán CP 86690, Tabasco, Mexico)

  • Álan Rodriguez-Ake

    (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada CP 22860, Baja California, Mexico)

  • Daniel Sauceda-Carvajal

    (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada CP 22860, Baja California, Mexico)

  • Irving Hernández-López

    (Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Metalurgia, Universidad de Sonora (UNISON), Blvd. Luis Encinas y Rosales S/N, Col. Centro, Hermosillo CP 83000, Sonora, Mexico)

  • Balaji Kumar

    (School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India)

  • Ivett Zavala-Guillén

    (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada CP 22860, Baja California, Mexico)

Abstract

The conventional Trombe wall (TW) with concrete construction has been shown to enhance the indoor environment of buildings in cold and Mediterranean climates. Thus, a TW is an option for reducing energy consumption related to thermal comfort for buildings in the northwestern region of Mexico, characterized by arid and semi-arid conditions with low winter temperatures. The thermal behavior of the TW and a conventional facade (CF) of concrete were compared when installed in the southern wall of reduced-scale test boxes in Ensenada, B.C. Unlike other research works available in the literature, which typically monitored a data point measure of the wall and room temperatures, the present study measured the temperature of key components: the absorber wall, the air at the bottom and top vents, the glass cover, and the air at the cross-section plane of the TW test box. The results showed that the TW increases the air temperature through its channel up to 14 ∘ C and yields a maximum thermal efficiency of 84% during a sunny winter week. Further, the indoor air temperature at the midpoint of the TW test module is up to 6 ∘ C greater than the obtained on the CF-test module; therefore, the TW improved the thermal comfort conditions during winter.

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  • Iván Hernández-Pérez & Álan Rodriguez-Ake & Daniel Sauceda-Carvajal & Irving Hernández-López & Balaji Kumar & Ivett Zavala-Guillén, 2025. "Experimental Thermal Assessment of a Trombe Wall Under a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Climate of Mexico," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(1), pages 1-17, January.
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