Study of an improved integrated collector-storage solar water heater combined with the photovoltaic cells

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 587-594

  Ziapour, Behrooz M ^a   Palideh, Vahid ^a   Mohammadnia, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Integrated solar water heater; Packing factor; Photovoltaic thermal module; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPACT STRUCTURES; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; INTEGRATED SOLAR WATER HEATER; PACKING FACTOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL MODULE; SOLAR WATER HEATING; THERMAL COLLECTORS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84903693136     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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