Research and development of hybrid photovoltaic thermal solar air heaters

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 382-392

  Sopian, K ^a   Liu, H T ^a   Kakac, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air heaters; Hybrid photovoltaic and solar thermal heaters; Solar energy; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR HEATERS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 0031355841     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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