Optimum tilt angle and orientation for solar collectors in Syria

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2439-2448

  Skeiker, Kamal ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Solar collector; Solar radiation; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH ANGLES; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; MAXIMUM VALUES; OPTIMUM ANGLE; OPTIMUM VALUE; TILT ANGLE; TILTED SURFACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST COLLECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67650266224     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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