Solar exergy maps for photovoltaic/thermal systems

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-211

  Joshi, Anand S ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Reddy, Bale V ^b  

^a CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Exergy; Exergy maps; Photovoltaics; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOLAR EXERGIES; THERMAL EXERGY;

EXERGY;

EID: 84940232064     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2014.060283     Document Type: Article

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