Transient cooling of a room with a chilled ceiling

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1029-1036

  Castillo, J A ^a   Tovar, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cooled ceiling; Low energy cooling; Thermal comfort simulation

Indexed keywords

CHILLED CEILING; COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC HEATER; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT SUPPLY; INTERIOR SPACE; INTERNAL HEAT SOURCE; LOW ENERGIES; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; RECTANGULAR TANK; SCALE MODELS; SCALE-MODEL; SPACE COOLING; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT COOLING;

CEILINGS;

COOLING;

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84858161461     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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