A combined approach for determining the thermal performance of radiant barriers under field conditions

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-410

  Miranville, Frédéric ^a   Boyer, Harry ^a   Lauret, Philippe ^a   Lucas, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Model validation; Radiant barriers; Sensitivity analysis; Thermal resistance; Thermal simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MODEL VALIDATION; RADIANT BARRIERS; THERMAL SIMULATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 42049122338     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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