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2.2 Experimental research methods 49<br />

k<br />

δ<br />

b<br />

eq = ,<br />

Rb<br />

where sf , h<br />

<strong>and</strong> ′′ sf , ∞<br />

(2.13)<br />

θ was measured on <strong>the</strong> hot side, θ sf , c on <strong>the</strong> cold side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material’s surface<br />

q was obtained in steady-state.<br />

The next part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study was dedicated to <strong>the</strong> unsteady tests. The temperature variations<br />

measured inside <strong>the</strong> sample were compared with <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> numerical simulations in<br />

order to check if <strong>the</strong> heat capacity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brick components was correctly estimated. A<br />

computational model was used (Fig. 2.6), which was implemented in <strong>the</strong> Fluent code by<br />

Miroslaw Zukowski according to EN 1745.<br />

Fig. 2.6: Sketch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brick model developed by Miroslaw Zukowski.<br />

The experiment consisted <strong>of</strong> changing <strong>the</strong> specific heat capacity under numerical<br />

simulations <strong>and</strong> agreed with physical reality at an acceptable accuracy rate.<br />

The final results <strong>of</strong> experimental <strong>and</strong> numerical testing are presented in <strong>the</strong> third chapter <strong>of</strong><br />

this dissertation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> detailed information about all <strong>the</strong> experiment runs was submitted<br />

as a paper to <strong>the</strong> Energy&Buildings Journal.<br />

Apart from that, it should be noted that <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>rmal resistance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wall Req,w, which<br />

consisted <strong>of</strong> a Poroton-T9 <strong>and</strong> a mortar layer, can be treated as two resistances in a parallel<br />

circuit. Thus it is possible to apply <strong>the</strong> following equation:<br />

1<br />

R<br />

eq,<br />

w<br />

1 1<br />

= + .<br />

R R<br />

b<br />

m<br />

(2.14)

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