Study of two-dimensional transient heat transfer through a multi-layers wall: Application to the buildings thermal insulation

Abstract

The two-dimensional transient heat conduction through a multilayers wall made of different materials and thicknesses was numerically resolved. The equations system resolution was carried out by Alternating direction implicit method (ADI). The outdoor and indoor temperatures and the convective coefficients used as boundary conditions in the developed Fortran program were from the Algerian regulatory technical document. After validation of the Fortran program with literature, it was used to studying the influence of different boundary conditions (bottom and top sides), on the thermal insulation in the building, for many configurations of external walls, usually used in building construction at Batna city (Algeria). Results showed that for the configurations that give bad thermal insulation, the conditions imposed on the top and bottom of the wall have practically no influence on the internal temperature of the multilayers wall, however, the opposite is observed for the configurations that ensure good thermal insulation.

Keywords

• heat conduction
• transient
• two-dimensional
• multilayers
• insulation
• adi method