Energy performance of a solar hybrid collector system in a multistory apartment building

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Chow, T T ^a   Chan, A L S ^a   Fong, K F ^a   Lo, W C ^b   Song, C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic; Energy modeling; Solar co generation; Water heating

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FACADES; HOT WATER HEATING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY OUTPUT; HOT-WATER COLLECTOR SYSTEM; SOLAR CO-GENERATION; SOLAR HYBRID COLLECTOR SYSTEM;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

PERFORMANCE;

EID: 14944372977     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095765005X6872     Document Type: Article

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