Thermal performance evaluation of solar water heating systems in Australia, Taiwan and Japan - A comparative review

Renewable Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 1279-1286

  Halawa, E ^a   Chang, K C ^b   Yoshinaga, M ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Renewable energy certificates; Solar industry; Solar water heating systems; Subsidies; Thermal performance rating

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SOLAR HEATING; WATER;

RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES; SOLAR INDUSTRIES; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; SUBSIDIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 84945453518     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.04.023     Document Type: Review

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