Using the fuzzy multi-criteria model to select the optimal cool storage system for air conditioning

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2059-2066

  Wang, Jiang Jiang ^a   Zhang, Chun Fa ^a   Jing, You Yin ^a   Zheng, Guo Zhong ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combination weighting method; Cool storage system; Entropy weighting method; Fuzzy multi criteria model

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

CHILLED WATER; COMBINATION WEIGHTING METHOD; COOL STORAGE; COOL STORAGE SYSTEM; COOL STORAGE SYSTEMS; COOLING CAPACITY; DECISION MAKERS; ENTROPY WEIGHTING METHOD; EVALUATION PROCESSES; EVALUATION RESULTS; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER; ICE COOL STORAGE; ICE STORAGE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTIMAL WEIGHTING; QUALITATIVE CRITERION;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 50349092836     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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