Performance improvement by discharge from different levels in solar storage tanks

Solar Energy

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-439

  Furbo, Simon ^a   Andersen, Elsa ^a   Thür, Alexander ^a   Shah, Louise Jivan ^a   Andersen, Karin Dyhr ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced discharge strategies; Heat storage tanks; SDHW systems; Solar combisystems; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ADVANCED DISCHARGE STRATEGIES; HEAT STORAGE TANKS; SDHW SYSTEMS; SOLAR COMBISYSTEMS;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 27144471826     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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