Design of solar thermal systems under uncertainty

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 474-484

  Domínguez Muñoz, Fernando ^a   Cejudo López, José M ^a   Carrillo Andrés, Antonio ^a   Ruivo, Celestino R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active solar thermal system; Monte Carlo method; Reliability; TRNSYS; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN PROCESS; INPUT DATAS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS METHOD; SOLAR ENGINEERING; SOLAR HOT WATER; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC NATURE; THERMAL DEMANDS; THERMAL SYSTEMS; TRNSYS; UNCERTAIN FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR HEATING; SUN;

DESIGN;

EID: 84857056894     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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