Domestic hot water consumption vs. solar thermal energy storage: The optimum size of the storage tank

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 897-906

  Rodriguez Hidalgo M C ^a   Rodriguez Aumente P A ^b   Lecuona, A ^b   Legrand, M ^b   Ventas, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic hot water; Heat storage; Renewable energy; Solar thermal energy; Transient simulation; Water storage tank

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DOMESTIC HOT WATER; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WATER STORAGE TANKS;

HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRADIANCE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE TANK; THERMAL POWER; WATER USE;

EID: 84862306672     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.088     Document Type: Article

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