Economic evaluation of solar thermal and photovoltaic cooling systems through simulation in different climatic conditions: An analysis in three different cities in Europe

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-223

  Eicker, Ursula ^a   Colmenar Santos, Antonio ^b   Teran, Lya ^b   Cotrado, Mariela ^a   Borge Diez, David ^b  

^a STUTTGART UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic hot water; Heat transfer coefficient; Photovoltaic solar cooling system; Primary energy; Sun protection; Thermal solar cooling system

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

DOMESTIC HOT WATER; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SUN PROTECTION; THERMAL SOLAR;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84890815771     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.061     Document Type: Article

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