- Author
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Kusuda, T.
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Bean, J. W.
- Title
- Savings in Electric Cooling Energy by the Use of a Whole-House Fan. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS TN 1138
May 1981
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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cooling fans; residential buildings; houses; ventilation fans; cooling load; heat transfer; thermal efficiency; performance evaluation; computerized simulation
- Identifiers
- energy conservation; energy consumption; comfort index; ntiscomnbs
- Abstract
- Hour-by-hour cooling performances of a typical ranch house, with and without the use of a whole-house fan, were compared for the climate conditions throughout the contiguous United States. The comparative analyses were made by the use of NBSWHF, a modified version of NBSLD, to simulate the complex thermal coupling of whole-house-fan ventilated attic space. The calculations were performed for two operational modes: a cyclic fan mode and a stepwise continuous mode.