Techno-economical evaluation of a rice husk ash (RHA) based sand-cement block for reducing solar conduction heat gain to a building

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 364-369

  Lertsatitthanakorn, C ^a   Atthajariyakul, S ^a   Soponronnarit, S ^b  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clay brick; Economic analysis; Indoor set point temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; CEMENTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INVESTMENTS; SAND; SOLAR HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOSTATS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR CONDITIONERS; CEMENT BLOCKS; CLAY BRICK; CLAY BRICK WALLS; CLAY BRICKS; ECONOMICAL EVALUATIONS; FLOOR AREAS; INDOOR SET-POINT TEMPERATURE; PAYBACK PERIODS; POINT TEMPERATURES; RICE HUSK ASH (RHA); ROOM TEMPERATURES; SMALL ROOMS; SOLAR CONDUCTIONS; SOLAR HEAT GAINS; SUMMER MONTHS; THAILAND;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 54249134529     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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