Simulation of the behaviour of transparent insulation materials in building in northern China

Applied Energy

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-306

  Yang, Hongxing ^a   Zhu, Zuojin ^b   Burnett, John ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

NORTHERN CHINA; TRANSPARENT INSULATION MATERIALS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 0034326048     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(00)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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