Feasibility study of an ice slurry-cooling coil for HVAC and R systems in a tropical building

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2699-2711

  Yau, Y H ^a   Lee, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

HVAC and R simulation; Ice slurry cooling coil; Ice thermal storage; TRNSYS; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; TROPICS;

COOLING COILS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HVAC AND R SIMULATION; ICE THERMAL STORAGE; TRANSIENT SYSTEMS; TRNSYS; TROPICAL CLIMATES; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR;

ICE;

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SOFTWARE; TROPICAL REGION; VENTILATION;

EID: 77953140019     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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