Unsteady thermal performance analysis of a room with serial and parallel duct radiant floor heating system using hot airflow

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-586

  Bozkir, Oǧuz ^a   Canbazoǧlu, Suat ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Radiant floor heating system; Unsteady thermal performance

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

GRASHOF NUMBER; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; RADIANT FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM; UNSTEADY THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 2342537016     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.01.039     Document Type: Article

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