Modelling and evaluation of cooling capacity of earth-air-pipe systems

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1462-1471

  Wu, Huijun ^a,b   Wang, Shengwei ^a   Zhu, Dongsheng ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling capacity; Earth air pipe; Energy conservation; Soil temperature; Space cooling; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COOLING CAPACITY; EARTH-AIR-PIPE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPACE COOLING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

PIPE;

EID: 33947285395     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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