Introduction of a cooling-fan efficiency index

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1121-1144

  Schiavon, Stefano ^a   Melikov, Arsen Krikor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; VELOCITY;

COOLING CAPACITY; COOLING DEVICES; COOLING EFFECTS; COOLING STRATEGY; LOCAL AIR MOVEMENT; MAIN PARAMETERS; NON-UNIFORM VELOCITIES; THERMAL MANIKIN;

COOLING;

EID: 77949367140     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390882     Document Type: Article

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