Modeling of solar domestic water heating systems using Artificial Neural Networks

Solar Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 335-342

  Kalogirou, Soteris A ^a   Panteliou, Sofia ^b   Dentsoras, Argiris ^b  

^a HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOLAR DOMESTIC WATER HEATING (SDHW) SYSTEMS;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 0032681110     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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