Comparison of optimum tilt angles of solar collectors determined at yearly, seasonal and monthly levels

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-131

  Despotovic, Milan ^a   Nedic, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Optimization; Photovoltaic; Solar cells; Tilt angle

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ROOFS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SUN;

BELGRADE; OPTIMUM TILT ANGLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV PANEL; TILT ANGLE; TILTED SURFACE; YIELD-INCREASING;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84926016178     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.03.054     Document Type: Article

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