The effect of greenhouse vegetation coverage and area on the performance of an earth-to-air heat exchanger for heating and cooling modes

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-252

  Mogharreb, Mohsen Mohammadi ^a   Abbaspour Fard, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Goldani, Morteza ^a   Emadi, Bagher ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

cooling; energy exchange; heat exchanger; heating; temperature

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; ENERGY EXCHANGES; HEATING AND COOLING; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVERAGE;

HEATING;

EID: 84902868420     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2013.811559     Document Type: Article

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