The heat pipe heat exchanger: A review of its status and its potential for coolness recovery in tropical buildings

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-310

  Yau, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PIPES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PIPE; RETROFITTING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TROPICS; WASTE HEAT;

AUSTRALIA; BRITAIN; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; HEAT RECOVERIES; HVAC APPLICATIONS; HVAC SYSTEMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICAL; RESEARCH WROUGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATES; TROPICAL COUNTRIES;

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EID: 54249153346     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624408091026     Document Type: Review

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