Indoor temperature distribution with capillary convectors

Li Cuimin and Zhao Jianing

2015.02.04

To determine heating effects of capillary convectors, tests indoor temperature distribution in an office building in Shanghai, and compares it with that in an experimental room. The vertical temperature difference between the heights of 0.05 m and 1.5 m exceeds 3 ℃, which can meet the requirement of both thermal comfort and heating in the building. The temperature distribution in the lower space near the door is seriously affected by air infiltration, and the overall temperature distribution is seriously affected by tightness of the room. The temperature distribution in the experimental room can also meet the thermal comfort requirement, which is different from that in the tested building because of the air infiltration. In both the tested building and experimental room, the horizontal temperature distribution is uniform, but varies in different heights.