Solar cooling systems utilizing concentrating solar collectors - An overview

Energy Procedia

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 875-883

  Ayadi, Osama ^a,b   Aprile, Marcello ^a   Motta, Mario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar collectors; Simulations; Solar assisted air conditioning; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897086952     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.11.099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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