Improved differential control for solar heating systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3489-3498

  Kicsiny, R ^a   Farkas, I ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Energetically based control; Measurements; On off control; Simulation; Solar water heating system

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ON/OFF CONTROL; OPERATION TIME; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SIMULATION; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM; SOLAR THERMAL HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; SWITCH-ON; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEASUREMENTS; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

SOLAR HEATING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMP; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84867862173     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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