Optimization of angle of inclination of the hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar collector using particle swarm optimization algorithm

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Tabet, I ^a,b   Touafek, K ^a   Bellel, N ^b   Bouarroudj, N ^a   Khelifa, A ^a   Adouane, M ^a  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AVERAGE ABSOLUTE ERROR; AVERAGE QUADRATIC ERROR; COEFFICIENT OF CORRELATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC-THERMAL SOLAR COLLECTORS; OPTIMUM COLLECTOR SLOPE; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION METHOD;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84907821732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19417012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4896956     Document Type: Article

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