Thermal comparison between ceiling diffusers and fabric ductwork diffusers for green buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2973-2987

  Fontanini, Anthony ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^a   Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Ductwork; Fabric ducting; Green buildings; High performance computing; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING EFFICIENCY; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; DUCTING; DUCTWORKS; ENERGY STANDARDS; FABRIC SYSTEMS; FINITE VOLUME SIMULATIONS; GREEN BUILDINGS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS; ON/OFF CONTROL; OPERATING CONDITION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STEADY-STATE BEHAVIORS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TIME STEP; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

BUILDING CODES; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053321203     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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