Thermal simulation of roof surface evaporative cooling system for India using “TRNSYS

International Journal of Ambient Energy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-202

  Purohit, I ^a   Kumar, A ^b  

^a GB Pant Engineering College   (India)

^b Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; WATER;

CLIMATIC ZONES; PASSIVE COOLING; ROOF COMPOSITION; ROOF SURFACE EVAPORATION COOLING (RSEC);

ROOFS;

EID: 33845946454     PISSN: 01430750     EISSN: 21628246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2006.9675398     Document Type: Article

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