Thermal comfort analysis of a low temperature waste energy recovery system: SIECHP

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 561-572

  Herrero Martin R ^a   Rey Martinez F J ^b   Velasco Gomez E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; Heat pipes; Porous evaporative cooling; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT PIPES; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ENERGY RECOVERY; POROUS EVAPORATIVE COOLING; SEMI-INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER (SIEC);

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 37349057134     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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