Long-term performances prediction of an evacuated tube solar water heating system used for single-family households under typical Nord-African climate (Tunisia)

Solar Energy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-298

  Hazami, Majdi ^a   Kooli, Sami ^a   Naili, Nabiha ^a   Farhat, Abdelhamid ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Evacuated tubes; TRNSYS; Water heating system

Indexed keywords

EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; EVACUATED TUBES; LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; TRNSYS; TRNSYS SIMULATION PROGRAM; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; WATER HEATING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMMERCIALIZATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; HEATING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84879530568     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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