Influence of internal and external boundary conditions on the decrement factor and time lag heat flux of building walls in steady periodic regime

Applied Energy

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 509-531

  Mazzeo, D ^a   Oliveti, G ^a   Arcuri, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building wall; Decrement factor; Dynamic thermal behaviour; Heat flux; Non sinusoidal periodic fluctuation; Time lag

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING WALLS; DECREMENT FACTOR; PERIODIC FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; TIME LAG;

HEAT FLUX;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BUILDING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; WALL;

EID: 84951803790     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.076     Document Type: Article

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