A state of art review on the performance of transpired solar collector

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3975-3985

  Shukla, Ashish ^a   Nkwetta, Dan Nchelatebe ^b   Cho, Y J ^a   Stevenson, Vicki ^a   Jones, Phil ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hybrid PV T; Solar; Transpired

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; BUILDING TYPES; CRITICAL FACTORS; DOMESTIC HOT WATER; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HYBRID PV/T; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; SOLAR; TRANSPIRED; WIND VELOCITIES; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

OFFICE BUILDINGS; SUN;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84860220788     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.029     Document Type: Review

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