Uneven gridding of thermal nodal networks in floor heating simulations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1107-1114

  Holopainen, R ^a   Tuomaala, P ^a   Piippo, J ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Floor heating; Thermal network; Thermal simulation; Uneven gridding

Indexed keywords

HEAT BALANCE METHODS; THERMAL NODAL NETWORKS; THERMAL SIMULATION; UNEVEN GRIDDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

FLOORS;

EID: 34447272710     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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