Influence of night natural ventilation on Tunisian summer thermal comfort

IREC 2014 - 5th International Renewable Energy Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Boukhris, Yosr ^a   Gharbi, Leila ^a   Ghrab Morcos, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural ventilation; Thermal comfort; Tunisian building

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEAT TRANSFER; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; COUPLED SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NATURAL VENTILATION; THERMAL COMFORT MODELS; THERMAL SENSATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903639188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IREC.2014.6826928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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