Guidelines to study numerically and experimentally reflective insulation systems as applied to buildings

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-35

  Mavromatidis, Lazaros Elias ^a,b,c   El Mankibi, Mohamed ^a,b   Michel, Pierre ^a,b   Bykalyuk, Anna ^a,b,d   Santamouris, Mat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic design; Heat transfer modelling; Multifoil thermal insulation; Reflecting insulating systems

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER MODELLING; INSULATING PERFORMANCE; INSULATING SYSTEM; INSULATION CAPACITY; INSULATION SYSTEM; PHD THESIS; REFLECTIVE INSULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL RESEARCH; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER;

INSULATION;

EID: 84868262026     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2012.671495     Document Type: Review

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