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Welcome to the
Building
and
Environmental
Thermal Systems
Research Group
At Oklahoma
State University
Thermal systems
associated with
buildings and
other
applications
that exchange
energy with the
environment are
responsible for
a significant
amount of
worldwide energy
consumption and
energy
expenditures.
Our ability to
improve energy
efficiency,
thermal comfort,
environmental
impact and even
safety is
limited by our
ability to
understand and
optimally design
thermal systems.
In many cases,
the tools to
optimally design
thermal systems
are not
currently
available. (In
some cases, even
the tools to
adequately
design thermal
systems are not
available.)
Accordingly,
many thermal
systems,
particularly in
buildings,
operate in a
less than
optimal manner,
partly due to
the manner in
which they
exchange heat
with the
environment.
The Building and
Environmental
Thermal Systems
Research Group
of Oklahoma
State University
is made up of
researchers with
common interests
in this area
that have been
working together
since the early
nineties. The
special
interests of the
group include
building heat
transfer, HVAC
systems
modeling,
building energy
simulation,
hydronic heating
systems,
geothermal heat
pump systems and
ground loop heat
exchanger
technology.
The Group is
constituted of
faculty,
students and
staff of the OSU
College of
Engineering
Architecture and
Technology (CEAT)
with interest in
building and
environmental
thermal systems.
Individual
faculty are
members of the
School of
Mechanical and
Aerospace
Engineering (MAE)
or Mechanical
Engineering
Technology (MET).
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