Performance of cooled-ceiling operating with MPCM slurry

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-591

  Wang, Xichun ^a   Niu, Jianlei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cooling ceiling system; MPCM slurry

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; CEILINGS; COOLING; HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; COOLING CEILING SYSTEM; ENERGY SAVINGS; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (MCPCM); MPCM SLURRY; NEW DESIGN; STORAGE MEDIUM; STORAGE SYSTEMS; STORAGE TANKS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

SLURRIES;

EID: 58649103530     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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