Modeling seasonal solar thermal energy storage in a large urban residential building using TRNSYS 16

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-31

  McLeskey Jr , J T ^a   Terziotti, L T ^a   Sweet, M L ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Seasonal storage; Solar thermal storage; TRNSYS; Urban buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING EFFICIENCY; LARGE BUILDINGS; RADIANT FLOORS; SAND-BEDS; SEASONAL STORAGE; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; STORAGE BEDS; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY; TRNSYS; URBAN BUILDINGS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; US ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VIRGINIA;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; HOUSING; SOLAR HEATING; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855209722     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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