A simplified quadratic expression for the approximate estimation of heating degree-days to any base temperature

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1986-1994

  Gelegenis, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Geothermal district heating; Heating degree days; Model; Quadratic relation; Variable base temperature

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MODELS;

APPROXIMATE ESTIMATION; BASE TEMPERATURE; GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT HEATING; HEATING DEGREE-DAYS; IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARAMETERS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; NO-STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; QUADRATIC RELATION;

HEATING;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEATING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64749099189     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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