Performance evaluation of an air conditioning system with different heights of supply outlet applied to a sleeping environment

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 281-291

  Mao, Ning ^a   Pan, Dongmei ^b   Chan, Mingyin ^a   Deng, Shiming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning system; CFD method; Energy saving; Sleeping environment; Thermal control; TOPSIS method; Ventilation effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AIR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SLEEP RESEARCH; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL; VENTILATION;

CFD METHOD; SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL CONTROL; TOPSIS METHOD; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84899006188     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.065     Document Type: Article

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