Simulation and evaluation of the thermal performance of PCM wallboard rooms located in various climate regions of China in summer

Taiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-52

  Lin, Kunping ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Building energy efficiency; Night ventilation; PCM wall; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; EVALUATION; HEAT STORAGE; SIMULATION; THERMOANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NIGHT VENTILATION; PCM WALL; THERMAL STORAGE;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037869292     PISSN: 02540096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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