Optimization on indoor air diffusion of floor-standing type room air-conditioners

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Liu, Weiwei ^a   Lian, Zhiwei ^a   Yao, Ye ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air diffusion; Computational fluid dynamics; Energy utilization efficiency; Room air conditioner; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

AIR DIFFUSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; FLOOR STANDING TYPE AIR-CONDITIONER (FSAC); ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 36348957923     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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