Determination of optimum insulation thickness of external walls with two different methods in cooling applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 217-224

  Kayfeci, Muhammet ^a   Keçebaş, Ali ^b   Gedik, Engin ^a  

^a KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cooling applications; External wall; LCC analysis; Optimum insulation thickness; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

COOLING APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL WALLS; FULL-LOAD; LCC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE SAVINGS; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS;

COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84866523163     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.06.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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