Development and evaluation of a night ventilation precooling algorithm

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-458

  Braun, James E ^a   Zhong, Zhipeng ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONERS; COMPRESSOR ENERGY; ELECTRICAL COST SAVINGS; NIGHT VENTILATION PRECOOLING;

COOLING;

EID: 21344469893     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2005.10391147     Document Type: Article

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