Improved Hydrosolar Roof for buildings' air conditioning

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 963-970

  Lucas, M ^a   Martinez P ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Viedma, A ^a   Zamora, B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling tower; Solar chimney; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHIMNEYS; COOLING TOWERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

HYDROSOLAR ROOFS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0037698035     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(03)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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