A CFD study of convection in a double glazed window with an enclosed pleated blind

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1256-1262

  Dalal, R ^a   Naylor, D ^a   Roeleveld, D ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Complex fenestration; Free convection; Heat transfer; Pleated blind; Window

Indexed keywords

CFD; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; COMPLEX FENESTRATION; CONSUMER MARKET; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DOUBLE-GLAZED WINDOW; FREE CONVECTION; FREE CONVECTIONS; MODEL GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PLEATED BLIND; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIMPLIFIED MODELS;

ASPECT RATIO; GLAZES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

WINDOWS;

EID: 69249235517     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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