B. Belhadj, M. Bederina, R.M. Dheilly, L.B. Mboumba-Mamboundou, M.

Quéneudec,
Evaluation of the thermal performance parameters of an outside wall made from
lignocellulosic sand concrete and barley straws in hot and dry climatic zones,
Energy and Buildings,
Volume 225,
2020,
110348,
ISSN 0378-7788,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110348.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778820315966)
Abstract: This study is a continuation of a previous work undertaken on the
development of a sand concrete lightened by lignocellulosic materials (wood
shavings and barley straws), which is intended for the construction of outside
walls. This article aims to evaluate the thermal performance parameters of an
outside wall made from lignocellulosic sand concrete and barley straws, in hot and
dry climatic zones, such as Laghouat city, south of Algeria. The reference wall
(wall 1) is determined by studying the effect of the wall thickness and addition of
air–gap. The proposed hypotheses are: double air–gap (wall 2), outside air–gap
replaced by barley straws (wall 3), inside air–gap replaced by barley straws (wall
4), both air-gaps replaced by barley straws (wall 5). The objective is to target
the best way to build this wall. The experimental study is devoted to determine the
thermo-physical properties of the barley straws. The numerical simulation,
performed using EnergyPlus software, is used to study the thermal performance
parameters of the studied walls, namelythe time-lag, the decrement factor and the
average inside surface heat flux. The results show that the proposed hypotheses
have clearly improved the outside walls thermal performance parameters, especially
the (wall 5) for all orientations. The time-lag is increased by 4 h for the south
wall compared to (wall 1), the decrement factor is decreased by 83% and the average
inside surface heat flux is decreased by 22%. In addition, the thermal performance
parameters of (wall 5) are significantly the best for all orientations compared to
hollow brick double wall (wall 6) and cinderblock double wall (wall 7), which are
currently used in residential constructions.
Keywords: Thermal performance parameters; Hot and dry climatic zones;
Lignocellulosic sand concrete; Outside wall; Barley straws; Time-lag; Decrement
factor; Heat flux; Thermal comfort