Assessment of energy efficiency in electric storage water heaters

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2128-2132

  Sowmy, Daniel Setrak ^a   Prado, Racine T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electric boiler; Energy efficiency; Hot water; Storage water heater

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CONSERVATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; REUSABILITY; STANDARDS; WATER; WATER HEATERS;

AVERAGE ENERGY; ELECTRIC BOILER; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HOT WATER; POWER CONSUMPTION; RESEARCH OBJECT; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; STORAGE WATER HEATER; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 52349124325     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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