Field investigation on consumer behavior and hydraulic performance of a district heating system in Tianjin, China

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Xu, Baoping ^a   Fu, Lin ^a   Di, Hongfa ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; District heat; Heat metering and billing; Hydraulic performance

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PUMPS; SURVEYS;

CIRCULATION PUMPS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW VARIATIONS; HEAT CONSUMPTIONS; HEATING SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC INTERACTIONS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCES; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; PROBABILITY ANALYSES; PUMP OPERATIONS; RELATIVELY CONSTANTS; SAVING POTENTIALS; TIANJIN; TIANJIN , CHINAS; VERTICAL PIPES; WATER FLOWS; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

HYDRAULICS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FIELD SURVEY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN;

TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 55549087196     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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