Evaluation of an earth-to-air heat exchanger for the north-east of Iran with semi-arid climate

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-510

  Abbaspour Fard, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Gholami, Adel ^a   Khojastehpour, Mehdi ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coefficient of performance; Cooling and heating; Earth to air heat exchanger; Non fossil energy

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; BURIAL DEPTHS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOLING MODE; EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; NON-FOSSIL ENERGY; PIPE MATERIAL; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY RESOURCES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; PIPE;

EARTH (PLANET);

COOLING; HEAT FLOW; HEATING; SEMIARID REGION;

IRAN;

EID: 79957804549     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.576289     Document Type: Article

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