Radiant ceiling panel heating-cooling systems: Experimental and simulated study of the performances, thermal comfort and energy consumptions

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1861-1873

  Miriel, J ^a   Serres, L ^a   Trombe, A ^b  

^a INSA DE RENNES   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Heating and cooling systems; Radiant ceiling panels; Simulation model; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; WATER;

RADIANT CEILING PANELS;

HEATING;

EID: 0036836499     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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