Thermal performance of atria: An overview of natural ventilation effective designs

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 654-670

  Moosavi, Leila ^a   Mahyuddin, Norhayati ^a   Ab Ghafar, Norafida ^a   Azzam Ismail, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atrium; Buoyancy driven natural ventilation; Design parameter; Energy efficient atria; Passive cooling; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ATRIUM; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84898981245     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.02.035     Document Type: Review

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