Compact buried pipes system analysis for indoor air conditioning

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1124-1134

  De Jesus Freire, Alexandre ^a   Coelho Alexandre, José Luís ^a   Bruno Silva, Valter ^b   Dinis Couto, Nuno ^b   Rouboa, Abel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth to air heat exchanger; Ground cooling; Passive cooling

Indexed keywords

BURIED PIPES; COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT EXCHANGE; INPUT PARAMETER; MULTIPLE LAYERS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE METHODS; POWER INCREASE; POWER OUT PUT; SINGLE LAYER; STATE OF AFFAIRS;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84870668906     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.09.045     Document Type: Article

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