What is a throm wall?

Trombe wall is a type of solar heating system. The walls are made of dense heat absorbing material so that they can collect heat during the day and slowly release it into the house throughout the night. The Trombe wall is a type of indirect solar system that captures solar heat in an area adjacent to living spaces.

The concept of capturing heat in the wall to make the dwelling at night for many years, and the walls of the throm are only one technique. The walls of the throm were patented in 1881 by the Norwegian Edward, although they became popular until the 1960s. Trombe Wall gets its name from Felix Trombe, which helped make the design popular to build houses with Trombe walls in the French Pyrenees.

The strong masonry wall is the main part of this type of solar heating system - common brick materials include brick, stone, concrete and adobe. The walls are usually between 4 and 16 inches (about 10.16 to 40.64 centimeters) thick and face to the south in order for the most efficient heat capture of the sun.The dark glaze is used to paint the wall surface to absorb heat. A piece of glass, which can be individual or double layered, is mounted near the wall surface. High gear glass usually works best for heat to the wall.

Trombe wall works during the day absorbing heat from the sun. Because the wall is very strong, it takes time for the heat to pass through the wall and the heat is stored in the entire wall thickness. If the wall is optimally designed, the heat reaches the inside of the wall at dusk and slowly releases heat throughout the night. The large surface of the wall helps to heat the room evenly.

Some Trombe wall systems include holes in the upper and lower parts of the wall. These holes make heat into the house during the day. The wall requires 10 to 12 square inches (about 64.5o 77.4 square centimeters) of the venting area on the linear foot (about 30.5 linear cm) walls.

compared to anotherEven for the forms of passive solar heating, the walls of the throm have less heat loss during the night. They are also very easy to build and maintain. On the other hand, they collect heat less efficiently than other techniques and lose their heat and can even escape the heat during consecutive cloudy days.