Performance analysis of a planted roof as a passive cooling technique in hot-humid tropics

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-148

  Hodo Abalo, Samah ^a   Banna, Magolmèèna ^a   Zeghmati, Belkacem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Modelling; Planted roof; Simulation; Solar heat factor; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; COOLING POTENTIAL; DIURNAL VARIATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FOLIAGE DENSITY; GREEN ROOF; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODELLING; PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR HEAT; SOLAR HEAT GAINS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THOMAS ALGORITHM; TRANSFER EQUATION; TYPE SELECTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; ROOFS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL COMFORT; WATER SUPPLY;

THERMAL INSULATION;

ALGORITHM; BIOT THEORY; BUILDING; COOLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HUMID TROPICS; INSULATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80053224892     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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