Energy saving potential of night ventilation: Sensitivity to pressure coefficients for different European climates

Applied Energy

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-195

  Ramponi, Rubina ^a,b   Angelotti, Adriana ^a   Blocken, Bert ^b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory of Building Physics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airflow Network; Cooling; Energy; Pressure coefficient; Simulation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING;

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION TOOLS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATION; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS; WIND-INDUCED VENTILATIONS;

VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; CORRELATION; DATABASE; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84896103113     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.041     Document Type: Article

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