Sizing room air conditioners used in sleeping environments in the subtropics

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1851-1856

  Lin, Zhongping ^a   Deng, Shiming ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bedroom; Nighttime cooling load; Room air conditioner; Sizing; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMAL LOAD;

BEDROOM; NIGHTTIME COOLING LOAD; ROOM AIR CONDITIONER; SIZING; SUBTROPICS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33645383770     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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