Optimized design of floor-based air-conditioners for residential use

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2080-2088

  Gao, C F ^a   Lee, W L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Configurations; Floor based air conditioners; Residential; Supply air velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR DIFFUSION PERFORMANCE INDICES; AIR TEMPERATURES; CONFIGURATIONS; COOLING LOADS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; LOW LEVELS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESIDENTIAL; SIMULATION RESULTS; SUPPLY AIR VELOCITY; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

AIR;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 67349163221     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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