Heat retaining integrated collector storage solar water heater with asymmetric CPC reflector

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2474-2487

  Souliotis, M ^a   Quinlan, P ^b   Smyth, M ^b   Tripanagnostopoulos, Y ^a   Zacharopoulos, A ^b   Ramirez, M ^b   Yianoulis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) reflector troughs; Integrated collector storage solar water heaters (ICSSWH); Optical study; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); REFLECTION; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER HEATERS;

COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATING REFLECTORS; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; INTEGRATED COLLECTOR STORAGE SOLAR WATER HEATERS; OPTICAL STUDY; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER MECHANISMS;

INTELLIGENT CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM; CYLINDER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 80052297894     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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