Uncertainty in the thermal conductivity of insulation materials

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2159-2168

  Domínguez Muñoz, Fernando ^a   Anderson, Brian ^b   Cejudo López, José M ^a   Carrillo Andrés, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b BRE Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Declared conductivity; Insulation material; Prediction interval; Solar thermal collector; Thermal conductivity; Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

DECLARED CONDUCTIVITY; INSULATION MATERIAL; PREDICTION INTERVAL; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSULATING MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956170291     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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