The effect of south wall's outdoor absorption coefficient on time lag, decrement factor and temperature variations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1011-1018

  Kontoleon, K J ^a   Bikas, D K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decrement factor; Solar absorptivity; Temperature variations; Thermal network model; Time lag

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; DECREMENT FACTORS; DYNAMIC THERMAL NETWORK MODELS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TIME LAG;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 34347273724     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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