An iterative enthalpy method to overcome the limitations in ESP-r's PCM solution algorithm

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 117, Issue PART 2, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Sadasivam, Sridhar ^a   Zhang, Dahai ^b   Fung, Alan S ^b   Almeida, Fabio ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SIMULATION CODE; CORRECTION SCHEMES; ENTHALPY METHOD; IN-BUILDINGS; ITERATIVE CORRECTIONS; MATLAB MODELS; NON-ITERATIVE; SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIME STEP;

ENTHALPY; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

MATLAB;

EID: 84863041503     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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