Liquid-filled solar glazing design for buoyant water-flow

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-55

  Chow, Tin Tai ^a   Li, Chunying ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building fenestration; Domestic water heating; Solar energy utilization; Water flow glazing

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUOYANCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLAZES; HYDRAULICS; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTROLLED TESTS; DOMESTIC WATER HEATING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; INSULATED GLAZING UNITS; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER FLOWS;

FLOW OF WATER;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84870675587     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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