Potential of roof-integrated solar collectors for preheating air at drying facilities in Northern Thailand

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1661-1667

  Román, Franz ^a   Nagle, Marcus ^a   Leis, Hermann ^a   Janjai, Serm ^b   Mahayothee, Busarakorn ^b   Haewsungcharoen, Methinee ^c   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Longan; Simulation; Solar collector; Solar energy; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CURING; DEWATERING; DUST COLLECTORS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS INDUSTRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ROOFS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

AIR CHANNELS; DRYING AIRS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLAT PLATES; FUEL PRICES; LONGAN; MONETARY SAVINGS; NORTHERN THAILAND; ROOF-INTEGRATED SOLAR COLLECTORS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION PROGRAMS; SOLAR AIR HEATERS; THAILAND; TRNSYS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; FRUIT; HEATING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

DIMOCARPUS LONGAN;

EID: 60949091094     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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