Thermal performance of residential buildings with large glazing areas temperature climate

This work presents the results of an experimental and numerical study of a residential buildings in a temperature climate, the paticularity of these bulding the large glazing areas around 65% to 85% of exterior façade. The thermal performance is presented and dicussed. The study was developed taking into account the implementation of monitoring during the summer and winter for a housing unit in an intermediate floor with only one façade in contact with the exterior (south façade) without solar protection by the glass (glazing area 80% exterior façade) located in Lisbon, Portugal (Latitude 40º N9; as well as detailed modeling of this unit using EnergyPlus for thermal simulation. The detailed model took into account the characteristics of the housing unit and the conditions under which it was monitored during the summer and winter. To simulate the detailed model under the monotored conditions the climatic data was cerefully introduced in the thermal simulation (climate file), the data was obtaines from the metereological stations of the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG, Lisbon) for the same periods of the monitoring. From the detailed model different parametric variations were performed (summer and winter). Thus we obtained a set of effects that let you chek the parameters of major and minor influence on the thermal performance of housing units with large glazing areas situated in temperate climates. This work intends to provide tools and guidance to building designers with regard to the thermal performance of buildings

Thermal performance of residential buildings in Lisbon with large glazing areas

This work presents the results of an experimental study of residential buildings (multi-family apartments) with glazing areas greater than 75% of the total façade area, and for different solar exposures in Lisbon. These buildings were designed after the implementation of the first Portuguese Buildings Thermal Regulation and they are intrinsically related with the construction and architecture practiced in the last few years. The analysis includes the thermal behaviour of the apartments selected for the study during the summer (2007) and winter (2007-2008). During the monitoring process important data were obtained to assist in the understanding of the thermal performance of the observed units. The main thermal exchanges in a building generally take place through the transparent elements and these can be considered an element of great flexibility and adaptation to climatic variations. The mean of the interior temperature means in the different monitored compartments during the hot season was approximately 27ºC (some cases close to 29ºC), while in the cold season 21ºC (some cases close to 18ºC)

Thermal Performance of Residential Buildings withe Large Glazing areas in Lisbon - Modelling and Validation

This work aims to demonstrate the parameters of both major and minor influence on the thermal performance of units with large glazing areas, whether with one face or two exposed. The study was developed after a two year monitoring campaign in a group of 23 building apartments (the units have more than 60% of the main façades in glazing. The main goal was to carry out a representative model that can be validated by the experimental results in order develop a set of parametric studies for the Lisbon Climate. Part of the modeling included the development of detailed and simplified geometrical models related to the units selected for the study. Different parametric variations were performed (summer and winter) using the detailed and simplified geometrical models. These took into account the characteristics of each housing unit and the conditions under which they were monitored in summer and winter. The thermal simulation software EnergyPlus (with the calculation model present in this software) was used to simulate all solutions and models. Thus, the study allows not only comparison but also the evaluation and validation of the models

Multi-q Pattern Classification of Polarization Curves

Several experimental measurements are expressed in the form of one-dimensional profiles, for which there is a scarcity of methodologies able to classify the pertinence of a given result to a specific group. The polarization curves that evaluate the corrosion kinetics of electrodes in corrosive media are an application where the behavior is chiefly analyzed from profiles. Polarization curves are indeed a classic method to determine the global kinetics of metallic electrodes, but the strong nonlinearity from different metals and alloys can overlap and the discrimination becomes a challenging problem. Moreover, even finding a typical curve from replicated tests requires subjective judgement. In this paper we used the so-called multi-q approach based on the Tsallis statistics in a classification engine to separate multiple polarization curve profiles of two stainless steels. We collected 48 experimental polarization curves in aqueous chloride medium of two stainless steel types, with different resistance against localized corrosion. Multi-q pattern analysis was then carried out on a wide potential range, from cathodic up to anodic regions. An excellent classification rate was obtained, at a success rate of 90%, 80%, and 83% for low (cathodic), high (anodic), and both potential ranges, respectively, using only 2% of the original profile data. These results show the potential of the proposed approach towards efficient, robust, systematic and automatic classification of highly non-linear profile curves.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure

Caracterização climática do Município de São José de Ubá, Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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The stent graft barnacle - edge hyperplasia following femoral artery implant in a young female

A 37-year-old female underwent an emergent implant of a covered self-expandable stent graft (8mm x 10cm Viabahn, W. L. Gore) due to acute bleeding from a femoral access following closure of a patent foramen ovale. Over the following months, intermittent claudication developed, progressively more incapacitant. Work-up revealed near-occlusion of the stent graft due to edge stenosis. Elective explant of the stent graft was performed, revealing extensive proximal and distal edge miointimal hyperplasia (marked with *). Endarterectomy was performed and the arterial defect was corrected with a bovine pericardium patch

Análise de eventos extremos de chuva no município de Itaperuna no mês de janeiro de 2004.

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