Performance of an improved design for storage-type domestic electrical water-heaters

Applied Energy

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-306

  Hegazy, Adel A ^a   Diab, M R ^a  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electric water heaters; Energy conservation; Thermal storage; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ELECTRICITY BILLS;

WATER HEATERS;

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING;

EID: 0036525798     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(02)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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