Energy and cost minimal control of active and passive building thermal storage inventory

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-351

  Henze, Gregor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY CONVERSION EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONTROL; THERMAL LOADS; THERMAL STORAGE INVENTORY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 24744446480     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1877513     Document Type: Article

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