A new version of a solar water heating system coupled with a solar water pump

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1423-1430

  Sutthivirode, Kittiwoot ^a   Namprakai, Pichai ^a   Roonprasang, Natthaphon ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Efficiency improvement; Energy saving; Low cost; No heat exchanger; Solar water pump; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PUMPS; SOLAR HEATING; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; LOW COSTS; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; SOLAR WATER PUMPS; WATER STORAGE TANKS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; PUMP; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER STORAGE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT;

EID: 63649152103     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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