Heating performance of heating floor integrated with impinging jet ventilation system

Abstract

Radiant floor heating systems provide comfortable indoor thermal environment. Primary air supply systems can be used to remove contaminants in the space heated by radiant floor. In this study, heating performance of integrated system of impinging jet ventilation (IJV) and heating floor was numerically investigated. The lowest floor heating capacity was 0 W/m2 and gradually increased to 50W/m2, and the primary air temperature supplied by IJV were 14, 16 and 18°C, respectively. In terms of contaminant removal efficiency, contaminant removal efficiency (CRE) was applied. The vertical dimensionless temperature distribution was used to analyse the heating performance of HF on supply air. The numerical results showed that the supply air layer of IJV could be heated by 60% to 80% under the heat effect of HF. The same is true for low supply air temperature 14 °C. The integrated system IJV/HF generated the weaken thermal stratification which is beneficial for energy saving. The CRE of IJV/HF system was influenced by the downward airflow of external wall. Sufficient supply air could overcome the downflow and effectively increase the CRE value (> 2).