Modeling and simulation of under-floor electric heating system with shape-stabilized PCM plates

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1427-1434

  Lin, Kunping ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^a   Xu, Xu ^a   Di, Hongfa ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Qin, Penghua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Model; Shape stabilized PCM; Simulation; Thermal energy heat storage; Under floor electric heating

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM); THERMAL PERFORMANCES;

HEATING;

BUILDING; HEATING;

EID: 4344569323     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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