Thermal-electrical optimization of the configuration a liquid PVT collector

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Aste, Niccolò ^a   Del Pero, Claudio ^a   Leonforte, Fabrizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; PVT collectors; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893499938     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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