A combined system of chilled ceiling, displacement ventilation and desiccant dehumidification

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3298-3308

  Hao, Xiaoli ^a,b   Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Chen, Youming ^a   Zou, Shenghua ^b   Moschandreas, Demetrios J ^a,c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan U niversity of Science and Technology   (China)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilled ceiling; Desiccant dehumidification; Displacement ventilation; Energy conservation; Indoor air quality; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CEILINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFICATION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; SPACE CONDITIONING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIR QUALITY; CEILINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; HEATING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34147172238     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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