Earth-Air Heat Exchangers for Passive Air Conditioning: Case study burkina faso

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-33

  Woodson, Thomas ^a,b   Coulibaly, Yézouma ^a,b   Traoré, Eric Seydou ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Canadian well; Earth air heat exchanger (EAHX); Passive solar cooling; Sub saharan africa; Thermal ground gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864599117     PISSN: 18236499     EISSN: 21804222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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