The influence of exterior surface solar absorptivity on thermal characteristics and optimum insulation thickness

Renewable Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 347-355

  Ozel, Meral ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Optimum insulation thickness; Solar absorptivity; Thermal characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COOLING LOAD; DECREMENT FACTOR; ECONOMIC MODELS; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTERNAL SURFACES; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSULATED WALLS; INSULATION MATERIALS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; PERIODIC CONDITIONS; REDUCTION RATE; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; SOLAR ABSORPTIVITY; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL CONDITION; TIME LAG; TOTAL LOAD; TOTAL TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION LOADS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INVESTMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACES;

THERMAL INSULATION;

ABSORBANCE; COOLING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

ELAZIG [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 80053275925     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.08.039     Document Type: Article

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