Thermal resistance of a window with an enclosed venetian blind: A simplified model

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 114 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 471-482

  Wright, John L ^a   Collins, Michael R ^a   Ned Y Huang, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLAZES; HEATING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRIGERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; THERMOANALYSIS;

ACCURATE MODELING; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; LOW-EMISSIVITY COATING; PEAK COOLING LOAD; SOLAR HEAT GAIN COEFFICIENT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; ACCURATE MODELS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS; COOLING LOADS; CPU TIMES; EARLY STAGES; GLAZING SYSTEMS; HEATER PLATES; RADIANT HEAT TRANSFERS; SHADING DEVICES; SIMPLE MODELS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SIMULATION CAPABILITIES; SOFTWARE BASED; SOLAR GAINS; SOLAR HEAT GAIN COEFFICIENTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCES; THERMAL RESISTANCES; VENETIAN BLINDS;

HEAT CONVECTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 55849127440     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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