A comparative study of different control strategies for indoor air humidity

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-545

  Chua, K J ^a   Ho, J C ^b   Chou, S K ^b  

^a TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bypass air control; Chilled water flow control; Control strategies; Variable air volume

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; COOLING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BYPASS AIR CONTROL; CHILLED WATER FLOW CONTROL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; VARIABLE AIR VOLUME;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 33847789625     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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