Modelling spray vaporization for evaporative cooling of buildings

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-361

  Silva, A C S B ^a   Cunha Neto, J A B ^a   Lamberts, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDING CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPRAYING; VAPORIZATION;

BUILDING SIMULATION CODE; SPRAY VAPORIZATION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 11344271252     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0143624404bt108oa     Document Type: Article

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