Experimental and numerical study of a directly PV-assisted domestic hot water system

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1979-1991

  Bai, Y ^a   Fraisse, G ^a   Wurtz, F ^b   Foggia, A ^b   Deless, Y ^c   Domain, F ^c  

^a Laboratoire Optimisation de la Conception et Ingenierie de l'Environnement   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INES   (France)

Author keywords

Circulation pump; Domestic hot water; Experimentation; Photovoltaic; Pump start up; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WATER;

CIRCULATION PUMPS; DOMESTIC HOT WATER; EXPERIMENTATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SIMULATION;

PUMPS;

BUILDING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; INSTALLATION; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; PUMP; RISK FACTOR; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THRESHOLD;

EID: 80051596771     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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