Indoor temperature reduction by passive cooling systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1692-1726

  Givoni, Baruch ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Direct evaporative cooling; Indirect ventilative cooling; Passive cooling; Radiant cooling; Soil cooling; Ventilative cooling

Indexed keywords

DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; INDIRECT VENTILATIVE COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING; RADIANT COOLING; VENTILATIVE COOLING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; SPACE HEATING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; COOLING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; INDOOR AIR; MODEL VALIDATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; VENTILATION;

EID: 79959903739     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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