On coupling 1D non-isothermal heat and mass transfer in porous materials with a multizone building energy simulation model

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 865-877

  Steeman, M ^a   Janssens, A ^a   Steeman, H J ^a   Van Belleghem, M ^a   De Paepe, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coupling; HAM; Moisture buffering; Multizone model; Non isothermal; Verification

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BUFFERING EFFECT; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; COUPLED MODELS; DESIGN STAGE; GYPSUM LAYER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYGROSCOPIC MATERIALS; IN-BUILDINGS; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; MULTI-ZONE MODELS; MULTIZONE MODEL; NONISOTHERMAL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; GYPSUM; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

SIMULATORS;

BUFFERING; BUILDING; COUPLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYGROSCOPICITY; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 71649099069     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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