Enhancing the thermal performance of triple vacuum glazing with low-emittance coatings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-195

  Fang, Yueping ^a   Hyde, Trevor J ^a   Arya, Farid ^a   Hewitt, Neil ^a   Wang, Ruzhu ^b   Dai, Yanjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite volume model; Low emittance coating; Thermal performance; Triple vacuum glazing

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; GLASS; GLAZES; STAINLESS STEEL;

COLD ENVIRONMENT; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; GLASS SURFACES; HEAT TRANSMISSION; INDIUM METAL; LOW-EMITTANCE COATINGS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRIPLE VACUUM GLAZINGS;

COATINGS;

EID: 84928326863     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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