Development of innovative heating and cooling systems using renewable energy sources for non-residential buildings

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5114-5129

  Moretti, Elisa ^a   Bonamente, Emanuele ^a   Buratti, Cinzia ^a   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption machine; Biomass boiler; Geothermal heat pumps; Heat storage systems; Heating and cooling; Renewable energy sources (RES); System monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; BOILERS; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WATER TANKS;

ABSORPTION MACHINES; BIOMASS BOILER; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; HEATING AND COOLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SYSTEM MONITORING;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84886834616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6105114     Document Type: Article

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