Definitions for "Thermal mass"
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A special mass in a structure which is used to absorb solar heat during the day and then release the heat in the evening.
building components that provide potential heat storage capacity; e.g. drum walls, concrete floors and adobe walls.
A material property that relates a measure of heat capacity or how much heat a material can hold. It is proportional to physical mass and the specific heat (specific heat is the amount of heat a material can hold per unit of mass).
The ability of a material to absorb heat. Materials with a high thermal mass operate much like thermal sponges, because they cool a building during the summer by absorbing heat from the sun and releasing it over a period of time. Thermal mass should be used in addition to, but not a substitution for insulation .
a large mass that can be heated up towards the end of slowly releasing the heat over time
a heat storage material, such as water or masonry, used in passive solar heating systems, which radiates heat to the surroundings after the sun goes down.
Thermal mass is the ability of a material to store heat and is a function of its specific heat and its density.
the mass of a building that can retain heat from the sun, e.g. the walls and floors of a building. Buildings constructed of dense materials, such as bricks or concrete, have a better thermal mass than lightweight buildings, such as timber.
A property of wood that slows the transfer of heat through a log wall due to the high heat retention capacity of the wall mass.
Material that stores energy, although mass will also retain coolness. The thermal storage capacity of a material is a measure of the material's ability to absorb and store heat. ( 081)
Materials that store heat within a sunspace.
Thermal mass describes the volume of refractory material in your oven that you have to heat up in order to prepare your oven to cook. One interesting characteristic of thermal mass, like most things in nature, is that it likes equilibrium. If one site a piece of thermal mass is hot and the other cool, such as a Pizza Oven when it is being fired, the heat will migrate to the outer part of the oven in order to reach equilibrium -- leaving the entire mass only "warn". What this means is that you cannot heat only the "inside" of your oven, and that ovens with a large thermal mass will take a long time to heat up, as nature tries to heat the entire mass evenly. That is why you should not use a bread oven for cooking pizza at home, and why you should never use a Commercial Pizza Oven as a Residential Pizza Oven. The thermal mass of the Forno Bravo ovens are tuned to their specific task.
Heavy and/or dense masonry construction able to absorb and store heat/cold
Mass in a building (furnishings or structure) that is used to absorb solar gain during the day and release the heat as the space cools in the evening.
A material used to store heat, thereby slowing the temperature variation within a space. Typical thermal mass materials include concrete, brick, masonry, tile and mortar, water and rock or other materials with high heat capacity.
Thermal mass is any material in the home that absorbs and stores heat. Concrete, brick, tile and other masonry materials are the most common choices for thermal mass in a passive solar building, these materials absorb and release heat slowly and are easily and inexpensively integrated into the house design. Also known as fabric energy storage.
A substance of sufficient density to absorb heat, often used in passive solar heating systems.
Thermal mass, in the most general sense, is any mass that absorbs and holds heat. In the architectural sense, it is any mass that absorbs and stores heat during sunny periods when the heat is not desirable in the living space of a building, and then releases the heat during overcast periods or during the night, when the heat is desirable. The same can be said for not absorbing heat during hot periods of weather.