PCM-module to improve hot water heat stores with stratification

Renewable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-711

  Mehling, H ^b   Hippeli, S ^b   Hiebler, S ^b   Cabeza, L F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT LOSSES; PULSE CODE MODULATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WASTE HEAT;

ENERGY DENSITY;

HOT WATER HEATING;

HEATING; SOLAR POWER; WATER;

HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER; WATER;

EID: 0037378594     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(02)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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