Passive systems for buildings using buoyancy-driven airflows

Recent Patents on Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Abreu, M Isabel ^a   Corvacho, Helena ^b   Dias, Ricardo P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Buoyancy effect; Natural ventilation; Passive solar cooling; Passive solar heating; Solar air system

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUELS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR ENERGY; VENTILATION;

AIR SYSTEMS; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUOYANCY EFFECT; NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE SOLAR;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79951713156     PISSN: 18722121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1872212111105010023     Document Type: Review

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