Thermal performance of an evaporatively cooled building: Parametric studies

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 465-481

  Maiya, M P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Building thermal performance; Comfort cooling; Cooling tower; Evaporative coolin; Hot and dry climate

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING TOWERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENTHALPY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PERFORMANCE; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BUILDING THERMAL PERFORMANCE; CENTRALIZED EVAPORATIVE COOLING; COMFORT COOLING; HOT AND DRY CLIMATE; HUMAN COMFORT; INLET AIR; ROOF EVAPORATIVE COOLING;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

BUILDINGS; COOLING; EVAPORATORS;

EID: 0030153037     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199606)20:6<465::AID-ER981>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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