Thermal characteristics of a building-integrated dual-function solar collector in water heating mode with natural circulation

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 566-574

  Ji, Jie ^a   Luo, Chenglong ^a,b   Chow, Tin Tai ^c   Sun, Wei ^a   He, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Operation Technology Corporation   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dual function solar collector; Natural circulation; Passive space heating; Summer overheating; Water heating

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; HOT WORKING; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SPACE HEATING;

BUILDING INTEGRATED; DUAL FUNCTION; DYNAMIC NUMERICAL MODELING; NATURAL CIRCULATION; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; SUMMER OVERHEATING; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATER HEATING;

SOLAR HEATING;

AIR CONDITIONING; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SEASONALITY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 78650751232     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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