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    Advanced daytime radiative cooling: worldwide potential in the builtenvironment

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    308 p.La tesis "Advanced Daytime Radiative Cooling: Worldwide Potential in the Built-Environment" tiene como objetivo calcular el potencial mundial de enfriamiento radiativo para su futura aplicaci贸n en arquitectura. Para ello, se consideran diferentes aspectos necesarios para su correcta implementaci贸n, desde el dise帽o de la configuraci贸n 贸ptica ideal del material, el tipo de aplicaci贸n, el dise帽o de material, la fabricaci贸n y t茅cnicas de deposici贸n, el ensayo de los materiales bajo diferentes condiciones meteorol贸gicas, adecuaci贸n clim谩tica y el c谩lculo del potencial de enfriamiento radiativo en diferentes climas. El contexto energ茅tico actual hace que las propuestas de refrigeraci贸n basadas en enfriamiento radiativo sean de especial inter茅s ya que no requieren de consumo energ茅tico. El enfriamiento radiativo diurno aparece como una fuente de refrigeraci贸n alternativa; estos materiales consiguen enfriarse incluso con radiaci贸n solar incidente al emitir radiaci贸n infrarroja a trav茅s de la ventana de transparencia de la atm贸sfera al espacio. La mayor铆a de los estudios de enfriamiento radiativo consideran unos materiales dif铆ciles de fabricar y de elevado coste; dificultando su aplicaci贸n. Por otro lado, los experimentos suelen realizarse en condiciones ideales, cielos despejados y sin edificios colindantes que emitan radiaci贸n.Esta Tesis incluye informaci贸n relevante sobre el contexto te贸rico y experimental para el desarrollo de materiales de enfriamiento radiativo para su aplicaci贸n posterior en arquitectura. La sencilla t茅cnica de deposici贸n presentada, el bajo coste y el rendimiento de los materiales han reducido el salto para la aplicaci贸n de los materiales diurnos de enfriamiento radiativo como materiales de la envolvente y como sistemas activos. Los materiales desarrollados son unos candidatos excelentes para contrarrestar el efecto de la Isla de Calor Urbana y reducir la carga de refrigeraci贸n

    Experimental development and testing of low-cost scalable radiative cooling materials for building applications

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    Urban overheating has a serious impact on building energy consumption. Daytime radiative cooling materials are an interesting passive solution for refrigeration. However, their costs and complex manufacturing hinder their current application. In this study, a series of scalable and lowcost daytime radiative cooling (DTRC) materials were designed, fabricated, and tested in a moderate climate (Cfb-K枚ppen-Geiger classification) and compared to aluminum and Vikuiti. The methodology was: i) material selection and design, (ii) optimization, (iii) fabrication, (iv) characterization, and (v) testing. The materials were fabricated using different substrates, aluminum and Vikuiti, and two kinds of formulations for the emissive layers based on silica-derived polymer polymethylsilsesquioxane (PMSQ) with embedded silica nanoparticles. The resulting aluminum DTRC materials had a mean solar reflectivity of 0.7 and 0.34 emissivity in the atmospheric window, the samples with Vikuiti had 0.97 and 0.89, respectively. During the experiment, the samples were exposed to different ambient conditions without a convection barrier and were contained in an extruded polystyrene board to eliminate conduction. The samples reached 7.32 掳C and 9.13 掳C maximum surface temperature reduction (below ambient) during the day and night, respectively. The samples with the commercial substrate achieved a mean reduction of 3.72 掳C below ambient temperature. Although the aluminum samples did not achieve subambient cooling throughout the entire day, the emissive layer reduced the sample's surface temperature by an average of 1.7 掳C. The PMSQ radiative cooling materials show great potential for future building applications. Suitability under different climates and experimental settings should be done to test broad applicability.The materials development in this research received a grant from the Government of Navarre "Convocatoria proyectos I + D 2019" file number 0011-1365-2019-000051; and financial support from Alonso Hernandez & asociados arquitectura, S. L
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