Abstract
An important factor in soil heat transfer that is often over looked is the effect of moisture, which can vary the effective thermal conductivity by a factor of ten. The objective of this research was to investigate the ground-coupled heat and moisture transfer from buildings, and to develop results and tools to improve energy simulation of ground-coupled heat transfer.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 153 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-550-33954
Keywords
- buildings
- ground-coupled heat transfer
- heat transfer
- moisture transfer
- thermal conductivity