Effect of the insulation by the mud on the convection in building in the Sahara of Algeria - case of Bechar City

¹ Laboratory of Energy in Arid Regions, University of Tahri Mohamed – Bechar, P.O. P 417. 08000, Road Kenedza, Bechar, Algeria
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran-Mohamed Boudiaf, P.O.1505 El-Mnaouar, Oran, Algeria

^a Corresponding author: benachour_elhadj@yahoo.fr

Published online: 28 March 2016

Abstract

The thermal behavior of the buildings is a current problem which arouses the interest of many researchers. Indeed, the control of the loads of air conditioning or heating requires a thorough knowledge. Since the thermal quality of the buildings in the Maghreb is there generally very insufficient in particular in the Sahara of Algeria, the insulation proved that it is a very important parameter to minimize the thermal diffusion process inside on all when the insulator is a local material as the Mud which is in our region with a significant amount and almost free quantity. This work presents a study of numerical simulation aiming at the role and the influence of the insulation by the mud Reduced like a local material to the town of Bechar located at the south west of Algeria, or one is interested in a comparative study for pursued these goals. In this context, an analogy was used for the functions which are discretized by the finite difference method and integrated in the Fluent code which is based on the finite volume method. The validation of this procedure was confirmed while comparing some results. The results are presented in the form of distributions of the isotherms, the streamlines, local and average Nusselt of which the goal to study the influence on comfort.