Comfort and energy consumption of hydronic heating radiant ceilings and walls based on CFD analysis

Building and Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Tye Gingras, Maxime ^a   Gosselin, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Energy consumption; Modeling; Pareto optimization; Radiant hydronic panel; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CFD ANALYSIS; CFD MODELS; DATA FIELDS; DESIGN VARIABLES; EMPTY ROOMS; FIGURES OF MERITS; FLUID INLET TEMPERATURE; HYBRID NUMERICAL METHOD; MINIMIZING ENERGY; MULTI OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS (MOO); NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PANEL SURFACES; PARETO FRONT; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARETO OPTIMIZATION; QUEBEC CITY; RADIANT HYDRONIC PANEL; RADIANT PANEL; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIME-ACCURATE;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOT WATER HEATING; MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY USE; HEATING; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; WALL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84857488627     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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