Demand-based temperature control of large-scale rooms aided by wireless sensor network: Energy saving potential analysis

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 68, Issue PARTA, 2014, Pages 532-540

  Zhou, Pei ^a   Huang, Gongsheng ^a   Li, Zhengwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Demand based temperature control; Large scale space; Load uneven distribution; Variable Air Volume

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SENSOR NODES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS; SCALE SPACES; TEMPERATURE TRACKING; VARIABLE AIR VOLUME;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84887076062     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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