Exergetic and sustainability performance comparison of novel and conventional air cooling systems for building applications

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1461-1472

  Caliskan, Hakan ^a,d   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Hepbasli, Arif ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d USAK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air cooling system; Buildings; Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; HVAC; Maisotsenko cycle; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING SYSTEM; ENERGY; HVAC; MAISOTSENKO CYCLE; SUSTAINABILITY;

COOLING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EXERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953757412     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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