Domestic solar hot water systems: Developments, evaluations and essentials for "viability" with a special reference to India

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3850-3861

  Srinivas, Morapakala ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers for dissemination; Domestic solar hot water systems; India; Viability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

BARRIERS FOR DISSEMINATION; DECISION MAKING TOOL; INDIA; SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; VIABILITY; VIABILITY EVALUATION;

WATER;

EID: 79961110923     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.006     Document Type: Review

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