Optimum solar flat-plate collector slope: Case study for Helwan, Egypt

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 624-637

  Elminir, Hamdy K ^a   Ghitas, Ahmed E ^a   El Hussainy, F ^b   Hamid, R ^a   Beheary, M M ^b   Abdel Moneim, Khaled M ^a  

^a National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics   (Egypt)

^b Assiut Branch   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anisotropic model; Bugler model; Clearness index; Declination; Optimum collector slope; Perez model; Tamps Coulson model

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; BUGLER MODELS; CLEARNESS INDEX; DECLINATION; OPTIMUM COLLECTOR SLOPE; PEREZ MODELS; TAMPS-COULSON MODELS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 27844436565     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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