Thermoeconomic analysis of storage systems for solar heating andcooling systems: A comparison between variable-volume andfixed-volume tanks

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 600-616

  Buonomano, Annamaria ^a   Calise, Francesco ^a   Ferruzzi, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Solar cooling; Storage; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SUN;

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION MODELS; TRNSYS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; HEATING; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SAVINGS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84883274917     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.063     Document Type: Article

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