Solar air conditioning in Europe-an overview

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Balaras, Constantinos A ^a   Grossman, Gershon ^b   Henning, Hans Martin ^c   Infante Ferreira, Carlos A ^d   Podesser, Erich ^e   Wang, Lei ^d   Wiemken, Edo ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absorption; Adsorption; Solar air conditioning; Solar cooling; Solar thermal energy

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDINGS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARKETING; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL AIR CONDITIONING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 33746662257     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2005.02.003     Document Type: Review

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