LoginSpace conditioning of a laboratory environment is more complicated than that of a typical commercial office building space. Safety considerations impose additional constraints over the usual comfort requirements.
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AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.
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Refrigerated display cases are normally rated at a store environment of 24P0PC (75P0PF) and a relative humidity of 55%.
Cooling towers are often used in air conditioning applications to reject heat into the atmosphere. For many people in the industry, the thermal performance of cooling towers is often taken for granted.
An experimental setup of a water based central heating system has been used to measure the thermo dynamical behavior of a thermostatic valve in order to identify an adequate mathematical model.
We present the dynamic modelling of an absorption system and an application to a large air-conditioned system. This study was performed using the ALLAN.Simulation software, a pre- and post- processor enabling the symbolic description of systems.
In 1993, the R & D Division launched the IntelChaud project with a view to improving the comfort provided by individual gas-fired boilers used for domestic hot water production.
For the heating of buildings occupied on a discontinuous basis, intermittent heating control devices are used.
Most domestic refrigerators are supplied with an energy rating label which con-sumers can use to assess the quality of their appliance.
Air quality in the surroundings of three cement plants, which are the most representatives for different industrialization levels (one in Belgium, one in Algeria and one in Vietnam), is estimated by gaseous and dust concentration measurements and
Thermoeconomics is the combination of thermodynamics using exergy with economics. The objective of thermoeconomics is to minimise a total cost function, which includes capital, maintenance and running costs.
The centralized cooling plant considered equips an important office building in Brussels. This 54 000 mP2P building has a design cooling demand of about 5.7 MW.
The energy rehabilitation of district heating system requires a proper expert survey of secondary loop including thermal substation, heat carrier distribution network and buildings of residences.
Moisture is one of the most important factors affecting building envelope durability and performance, especially in cold climates.
Agricultural products play a significant role and could yield substantial amount of foreign exchange for a tropical country like India. However, in India 30% of the agricultural products are spoiled in storage and transit.
Genetic algorithms are introduced as a tool for solving parametric optimisation problems, and their previous use in engineering applications is reviewed.
CCAnalytically modeling the complex fluid flow phenomena that occurs during natural convective heat transfer in fenestration system cavities (windows, doors, skylights, curtain-walls, etc.) is a complex task.
In this paper, the steady state thermal conditions of body exercising in a hot environment is evaluated, in which the thermal equilibrium of human body seems to be attained in less than one hour.
Environmental comfort is usually overlooked during both the design and the construction of a building.
This paper summarises the results of a now completed three year research programme into the modelling and control of variable air volume air conditioning.