Characterization of the effects of insulating wall paint on space conditioning in a room

Journal of Thermal Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 322-329

  Buckmaster, David J ^a   Abramson, Alexis R ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Envelope losses; Heat transfer; Insulating paint

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953399976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21487847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18186/jte.03430     Document Type: Article

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