Experimental investigation of heat transfer during night-time ventilation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Artmann, N ^a,b   Jensen, R L ^b   Manz, H ^a   Heiselberg, P ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Displacement ventilation; Experiments; Heat transfer; Mixing ventilation; Night time ventilation; Passive cooling; Temperature efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR JET; BUILDING DESIGN; COLD AIR; COOLING OF BUILDINGS; DESIGN CHARTS; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FULL SCALE TESTS; MIXING VENTILATION; NIGHT-TIME COOLING; NIGHT-TIME VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING;

AIR; BUOYANCY; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; JETS; MIXING;

VENTILATION;

EID: 72649085419     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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