Experimental investigation of a natural circulation solar domestic water heater performance under standard consumption rate

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-334

  Rezania, A ^a   Taherian, H ^b   Ganji, D D ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Annual delivered energy; Efficiency diagrams; Experimental model; Thermosyphon solar water heater

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL DELIVERED ENERGY; CLOUDY DAYS; CONSUMPTION RATES; DOMESTIC WATER HEATERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NATURAL CIRCULATION; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; STORAGE TANK; STORAGE TANK TEMPERATURE; THERMOSYPHONS; TOTAL LOAD; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

NATURAL CONVECTION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; SOLAR POWER; WATER STORAGE;

IRAN;

EID: 84862216861     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.652002     Document Type: Article

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