Thermal performance of latent heat storage for free cooling of buildings in a dry and hot climate: An experimental study

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2621-2630

  Waqas, Adeel ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Building ventilation; Cold storage; Free cooling; Latent heat storage; PCM

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COLD STORAGE; FLOW RATE; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

BUILDING VENTILATIONS; CHARGING PROCESS; DISCHARGING PROCESS; FREE COOLING; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; SOLIDIFICATION TIME; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 80054819646     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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