On the winter overcooling penalty of super cool photonic materials in cities

dc.contributor.authorKhan, Ansar
dc.contributor.authorCarlosena Remírez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorKhorat, Samiran
dc.contributor.authorKhatun, Rupali
dc.contributor.authorDoan, Quang-Van
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Jie
dc.contributor.authorSantamouris, Mattheos
dc.contributor.departmentIngenieríaes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentIngeniaritzaeu
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-09T12:27:52Z
dc.date.available2023-11-09T12:27:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-11-09T12:10:22Z
dc.description.abstractDaytime radiative coolers appear to be the most triumphant and promising technology for urban thermal management, as they could improve the thermal field of the cities, especially during the summertime. However, during the colder months, it can lead to an overcooling penalty, a widely overlooked phenomenon. This study aims to determine the cooling penalty derived from using super-cool materials (SCMs) at a city scale. We used a mesoscale urban modeling system to assess the overcooling of three broadband SCM emitters with different reflectivity and emissivity values. A significant change was found in radiation and energy balance compared to the control case (CTRL) during the daytime and nighttime. Under the most reflective and emissive SCM scenario, the maximum decrease of net radiation at peak hour was 354.9 Wm−2, therefore choosing a scenario with lower albedo values for walls and ground would be more beneficial. The mean decrease of ambient temperature, surface temperature, roof temperature and canopy were 2.8 °C, 4.7 °C, 12.9 °C and 6 °C, respectively. This SCMs assessment is a first stride to understand better the unexplored behavior of the boundary layer meteorology and its depiction in the mesoscale climate model for winter seasons. The implementation of SCMs during winter could create an inversion layer near the surface, leading to a buildup of stagnant air over the urban environment, resulting in heating during the night in the winter seasons as usual with SCMs as with the CTRL. Further research is needed on material development to modulate materials’ spectral configuration to address overcooling during the winter and improve SCMs’ year-round performance at city scale.en
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dc.identifier.citationKhan, A., Carlosena, L., Khorat, S., Khatun, R., Doan, Q.-V., Feng, J., & Santamouris, M. (2021). On the winter overcooling penalty of super cool photonic materials in cities. Solar Energy Advances, 1, 100009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2021.100009en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.seja.2021.100009
dc.identifier.issn2667-1131
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/46737
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofSolar Energy Advances 1(2023) 100009en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.seja.2021.100009
dc.rights© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.en
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBroadband emittersen
dc.subjectOvercoolingen
dc.subjectWRF-SLUCMen
dc.subjectKolkataen
dc.subjectDaytime radiative coolersen
dc.titleOn the winter overcooling penalty of super cool photonic materials in citiesen
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