A new computational modeling to predict the behavior of Earth-Air Heat Exchangers

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 395-402

  Brum, Ruth Da Silva ^a   Vaz, Joaquim ^a   Rocha, Luiz Alberto Oliveira ^b   Dos Santos, Elizaldo Domingues ^a   Isoldi, Liércio André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Earth Air Heat Exchanger; FLUENT; Soil temperature; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CONSTRUCTIVE PARAMETERS; EARTH-AIR HEAT EXCHANGERS; EARTHAIR HEAT EXCHANGER (EAHE); FLUENT; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84879119767     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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