Dynamic performance of a façade-based solar loop heat pipe water heating system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1632-1647

  Wang, Z ^a   Duan, Z ^b   Zhao, X ^c   Chen, M ^d  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

COP; Efficiency; Heat exchanger; Hot water; Loop heat pipe; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

COP; DEDICATED COMPUTERS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; GLASS COVERS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT PIPE FLUIDS; HOT WATER; LOOP HEAT PIPE; LOW COSTS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR LOOPS; SOLAR WATER HEATING; START-UPS; STORAGE TANK; TEMPERATURE RISE; WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FLOW RATE; GLAZES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT PIPES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; HEATING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859443262     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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