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The use of solar energy is one of the most important and valuable solutions for optimizing gas fuel consumption due to the stable architecture based on the Trombe wall. However, this system depends on various factors such as heat transfer coefficient, geometric dimensions of system components, solar radiation, and temperature changes inside and outside the building. Therefore, to optimize the effective parameters in the Trombe wall system in this study, the design of a thermal software is considered. According to the results of this study, the performance of the designed software is desirable and significant. In this study, the effect of solar radiation on air channel, wall and glass temperature changes in the Trombe wall system has been studied. According to the results, the effect of solar radiation on changes in air duct, wall and glass temperature is significant.
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Hashemi, S.H., Dinmohammad, M. & Hashemi, S.A. Optimization of Trombe wall system parameters using TWsim software. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. 7, 917–924 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-020-00929-0
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