Simulation of heating systems in Jordanian buildings

Abstract

Temperature control of buildings is a way to make the indoor climate a pleasant place for humans to live and perform their daily work in an effective and efficient way. During winter heat is added to the building envelope in order to keep the indoor temperature high enough so people inside feel comfortable. One of the methods of adding heat to a building is to use a central heating system, which is composed of a boiler, circulating pumps and radiators inside the space to emit the heat. This project is aimed at evaluating the Jordanian codes that deal with the design and installation of the central heating system, by simulating this system. Mathematical models were derived, a program using Matlab was written and run using hourly weather data. The simulation program was run to simulate insulated and non-insulated buildings and different control methods such as using a room thermostat, using thermostatic flow valves and intermittent heating systems were compared...