Shower water heat recovery in high-rise residential buildings of Hong Kong

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 703-709

  Wong, L T ^a   Mui, K W ^a   Guan, Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hot water shower; Residential buildings; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HOUSING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TALL BUILDINGS; WASTE HEAT; WATER HEATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

COLD WATER SUPPLY; COUNTER FLOW HEAT EXCHANGERS; EFFECTIVENESS NUMBER OF TRANSFER UNITS; HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; HOT WATER; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

BUILDING; COLD WATER; DIAMETER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; THERMAL POWER; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 75449109881     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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