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REFROIDISSEMENT NATUREL [2 records]

Record 1 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
CONT

The natural cooling of buildings developed empirically over many centuries, based on an understanding of seasonal and diurnal changes in the local climate, and through a process of trial and error, to provide relief from the extreme heat of the summer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
CONT

The chapter presents techniques of natural cooling of the buildings, which can be utilized by passive or free cooling. In case of the passive cooling, the cold is transferred into the building only by natural heat transfer mechanisms, while free cooling uses mechanical devices to transport the cold into the building.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
DEF

Méthode consistant à utiliser une circulation d'eau ou d'air pour refroidir un produit ou un bâtiment, sans recourir à une machine thermodynamique.

OBS

refroidissement par une source naturelle; refroidissement naturel : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 février 2010.

Spanish

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