Use of radiometer to reform and repair an old living house to passive solar one

Yoshizo Okamoto; Terumi Inagaki; Takakazu Suzuki; Takashi Kurokawa

doi:10.1117/12.171153

21 March 1994 Use of radiometer to reform and repair an old living house to passive solar one

Yoshizo Okamoto, Terumi Inagaki, Takakazu Suzuki, Takashi Kurokawa

Proceedings Volume 2245, Thermosense XVI: An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.171153
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Japanese living houses mainly consist of wooden elements in high-temperature and moist conditions. To modify the hot and humid environment, a conventional old house was partially rebuilt and repaired. Especially in the winter season, a diagnostic thermographic test was used to find deteriorated and leaking parts of interior and exterior walls. Macroscopic deteriorated parts were checked again in detail. The deteriorated element was then removed. During the reconstruction process, a new solar heat and air conditioning system using a silica-gel adsorber and underground water was installed to cool and warm up the living room. Thermography tests of this remodeled house show that room temperature is always constant and mild to human beings, especially in the winter. Temperature and heat flow distribution of flowing air in the living room was measured using thermal net and wire methods. Leaking thermal streak flow of the gap was locally visualized by the IR radiometer and a highly sensitive video camera. It was verified that IR thermography is a useful measuring instrument to check thermal defects of a house.

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Yoshizo Okamoto, Terumi Inagaki, Takakazu Suzuki, and Takashi Kurokawa "Use of radiometer to reform and repair an old living house to passive solar one", Proc. SPIE 2245, Thermosense XVI: An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications, (21 March 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.171153

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