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A Review of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) for Improving the Thermal Behavior of Buildings

Version 1 : Received: 15 January 2022 / Approved: 19 January 2022 / Online: 19 January 2022 (14:18:14 CET)

How to cite: Villar-Ramos, M.; Hernández-Pérez, I.; Aguilar-Castro, K.; Zavala-Guillén, I.; Macias-Melo, E.; Hernández-López, I.; Serrano-Arellano, J. A Review of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) for Improving the Thermal Behavior of Buildings. Preprints 2022, 2022010272. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0272.v1 Villar-Ramos, M.; Hernández-Pérez, I.; Aguilar-Castro, K.; Zavala-Guillén, I.; Macias-Melo, E.; Hernández-López, I.; Serrano-Arellano, J. A Review of Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) for Improving the Thermal Behavior of Buildings. Preprints 2022, 2022010272. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0272.v1

Abstract

In recent years, several alternatives for improving the thermal comfort conditions inside buildings have been proposed. Among these alternatives, Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) have become of interest due to the benefits this technology brings to the building sector. The TABS are embedded in different building components and exchange heat with building envelope to improve the indoor air temperature. This review presents relevant results presented in the literature on the thermal behavior of TABS, the different types of TABS configurations, and the main parameters of TABS studied such as pipe separation, fluid inlet temperature, fluid velocity, and volumetric flow rate. The potential of TABS to improve thermal comfort conditions and provide energy savings is also discussed. Further, this study presents the different modes of application.

Keywords

Thermally Activated Building System; thermal comfort; thermal mass

Subject

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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