Mathematical evaluation of a buried phase change concrete cooling system for buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 706-711

  Darkwa, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling system; Integrated concrete PCM; Number of transfer unit (NTU); Thermal response

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONCRETES; COOLING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING APPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INTEGRATED CONCRETE PCM; MAXIMUM COOLING CAPACITY; NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL RESPONSE;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE; COOLING WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 58949100462     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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