Numerical evaluation of thermal comfort in rooms with dynamic insulation

Building and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 445-453

  Gan, Guohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Dynamic insulation; Heat recovery; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL INSULATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDINGS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 0034127764     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(99)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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