Geographic variation of solar water heater performance in Europe

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

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-407

  Yohanis, Y G ^a   Popel, O ^b   Frid, S E ^b   Norton, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Geographic variations; Solar water heaters; Solar water heating

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION;

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; SOLAR FRACTIONS;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 33745983593     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095765006X76018     Document Type: Article

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