Active low-grade energy recovery potential for building energy conservation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Di ^a   Zhao, Fu Yun ^a,b,c   Tang, Guang Fa ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat pipe; Heat recovery; Low grade energy; Thermoelectric technology

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT PIPES; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION; DEHUMIDIFYING SYSTEM; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; GREEN ENVIRONMENTS; LOW-GRADE ENERGY; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VAPOR-COMPRESSION SYSTEMS; WATER HEATING;

RECOVERY;

EID: 78650215309     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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