3.11 - Modeling and Simulation of Passive and Active Solar Thermal Systems

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 357-417

  Athienitis, A ^a   Kalogirou, S A ^b   Candanedo, L ^c  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active solar heating; Analytical and numerical models; Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal systems; f chart method; Modeling; Net zero energy solar buildings; Passive solar heating; Simulation software; Utilizability method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901238856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00311-5     Document Type: Chapter

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