Locating room air-conditioners at floor level for energy saving in residential buildings

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2009-2019

  Gao, C F ^a   Lee, W L ^a   Chen, Hua ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Computational fluid dynamics; Energy saving; Floor based; Residential

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR DISTRIBUTION PERFORMANCE; AIR VELOCITIES; AIR-CONDITIONER; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMMON FEATURES; DAILY LIVES; ENERGY BENEFITS; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOOR LEVEL; PERFORMANCE DATA; POWER CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ROOM AIR-CONDITIONERS;

AIR CONDITIONING; APARTMENT HOUSES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DC MOTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLOORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SOIL CONDITIONERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

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EID: 67349103325     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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