How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part IV

100mm block, 50mm insulation, 50mm cavity air gap then 100mm block make up an external wall that in theory comply…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part III

As covered in the previous blog, air that sticks to the inside and outside walls offers a resistance to the…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part II

It might well be that a single U-value is quoted, in reality though that single value describes the ease by…

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

How much do ‘U-Value’ good thermal insulation? Part I

I never trust a quoted value without having at least a little understanding as to what the value truly represents…

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

Keeping the caveman warm – HVAC blog

We knapped our first flints about 2,000,000 years ago and started to shelter from the elements in caves and simple…

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

FloVIZ, the free FloTHERM/FloVENT CFD results viewer, try it, it’s free

Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, is a simulation technology that provides 3D predictions of fluid flow and heat transfer for a…

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

‘Heat Trees’ – taking a leaf out of natures book

Heatsinks aren’t a novel energy efficient type of washing bowl, they are parts that are placed on high powered IC…

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The Most Extreme CFD Model Ever Ever – Explained

The ability of FloTHERM to resolve a massive disparity in geometric length scale in a single model is for me…

FloTHERM and its new XML neutral file format

FloTHERM and its new XML neutral file format

We have recently published a new xml schema and associated xml reader for FloTHERM that offers some exciting new possibilities….