Energetic, economic and environmental performance of a solar-thermal- assisted HVAC system

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1524-1535

  Mammoli, Andrea ^a   Vorobieff, Peter ^a   Barsun, Hans ^a   Burnett, Rick ^b   Fisher, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Energy Control Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar cooling; Solar heating; System design; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRON TUBES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEAT STORAGE; HYBRID SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TANKS;

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; SEASONAL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMAL STORAGE; TRADITIONAL HEATING;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 79951948416     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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