The effect of glass coating emittance and frame rebate on heat transfer through vacuum and electrochromic vacuum glazed windows

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2683-2695

  Fang, Yueping ^a   Eames, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrochromic vacuum glazing; Finite volume model; Frames; Low emittance coating; U value; Vacuum glazing; Windows

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DEPOSITION; GLASS; GLAZES; SEALING (CLOSING); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTROCHROMIC VACUUM GLAZING; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; FRAMES; LOW-EMITTANCE COATING; U-VALUE; VACUUM GLAZING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33745684772     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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