The optimal design for a ground cooling tube in a hot, arid climate

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The optimal design for a ground cooling tube in a hot, arid climate

Hanby, V. I. (Victor Ian), 1942- ; Al-Ajmi, Farraj F. ; Loveday, D. L.
Subject: RAE 2008, UoA 30 Architecture and the Built Environment, ground cooling, subsoil climate, optimization, evolution strategy
Citation: Hanby, V.I., Al-Ajmi, F. and Loveday, D.L. (2005) The optimal design for a ground cooling tube in a hot, arid climate. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 26 (1), pp. 1-10.

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Al-Ajmi developed a TRNSYS model of a ground cooling tube as a PhD project (co-supervised by Hanby and Loveday). Hanby translated the model into Matlab, combined it with an evolution strategy optimization and carried out the search for optimal designs. Hanby was the lead author.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2086/77
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0143624405bt114oa
ISSN: 0143-6244
Research Group: Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development
Date: 2004

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