Effectiveness of the earth tube heat exchanger system coupled to a space model in achieving thermal comfort in rural areas

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 567-586

  Yassine, Bilal ^a   Ghali, Kamel ^a   Ghaddar, Nesreen ^a   Chehab, Ghassan ^a   Srour, Issam ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

earth tube heat exchanger; thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; EMBODIED ENERGY; FRESH AIR; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; SPACE MODELS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEMS; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; HEATING; RURAL AREAS; THERMAL COMFORT;

EARTH (PLANET);

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; INDOOR AIR; RURAL ENERGY; VENTILATION;

EID: 84893750582     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2012.762776     Document Type: Article

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