Design, analysis and performance of low-cost plastic film large solar water heating systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 245-256

  Tsilingiris, P T ^a,b  

^a Center for Renewable Energy Sources ^*  (Greece)

^b Center for Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

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EID: 0030850734     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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