Geographic constraints on passive solar domestic hot water systems due to pipe freezing

Solar Energy

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 469-474

  Salasovich, Jim ^a   Burch, Jay ^a   Barker, Greg ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Mountain Energy Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PIPE; PIPING SYSTEMS;

PIPE FREEZING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DAMAGE; FREEZING; PIPING; SUPPLY; WATER PIPELINE;

EID: 0037699021     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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