Application of CFD in retrofitting air-conditioning systems in industrial buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 893-902

  Wang, Shengwei ^a   Zhu, Dongsheng ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulation; Energy conservation; Fan; Retrofitting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RETROFITTING;

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0038374105     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(03)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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