Performance analysis of a solar photovoltaic operated domestic refrigerator

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2583-2591

  Modi, Anish ^a   Chaudhuri, Anirban ^a   Vijay, Bhavesh ^a   Mathur, Jyotirmay ^a  

^a MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Compression; Economic simulation; Refrigeration; RETScreen; Solar photovoltaic (SPV)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPACTION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; EMISSION CONTROL; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIC SIMULATION; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RETSCREEN; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA);

EID: 68849091570     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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