An energy performance study of several factors in air economizers with low-limit space humidity

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 447-455

  Wang, Gang ^a   Song, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air handling unit; Control; Energy efficiency; Free cooling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AIR HANDLING UNITS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY BENEFITS; ENERGY PENALTIES; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FREE COOLING; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS;

CONTROL; COOLING; COSTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HUMIDITY CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION;

ECONOMIZERS;

EID: 84879120626     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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