Effect of wall orientation on the optimum insulation thickness by using a dynamic method

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2429-2435

  Ozel, Meral ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dynamic thermal condition; Energy savings; Optimum insulation thickness; Wall orientations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INSULATING MATERIALS; INVESTMENTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PERMAFROST; POLYSTYRENES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING WALLS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC METHOD; ECONOMIC MODELS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; INSULATION MATERIALS; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PERIODIC CONDITIONS; PRESENT VALUE; THERMAL CONDITION; TRANSMISSION LOADS; WALL ORIENTATION; WALL ORIENTATIONS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSULATION; POLYMER; WALL;

EID: 79952446786     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.01.049     Document Type: Article

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