| Title |
Adjustment of Valve Opening in Ondol Hot Water Distributor |
| Authors |
홍희기(Hiki Hong) ; 김시환(Sihwan Kim) |
| Keywords |
온돌 ; 난방 ; 건물 에너지 시뮬레이션 ; TRNSYS ; 정유량제어 Ondol ; Heating ; Building energy simulation ; TRNSYS ; Constant-flow control |
| Abstract |
In housing units constructed recently in Korea, the length of ondol coil is different in each room, so the flow rate of hot water is adjusted by setting valve opening. If the flow rate is not appropriate for heating load, the room temperature seriously deviates from the set temperature range for comfort. In particular, too small valve opening can induce a noise by cavitation. In order to adjust the valve opening, two methods by zone area and a new method by return temperature rise were modelled and simulated using TRNSYS and EES. As a result, heating energy consumption during one week was the same on three methods, but the room temperature of the new method minimally deviated from the range of set temperature with a low possibility of noise. |