Technical and economic assessment of solar thermal absorption cooling systems in small commercial buildings

Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Burns, Steven S ^a   Goggin, Michael S ^a   Hinrichs, Douglas W ^a   Lee, Kenneth K ^b  

^a SENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b Chenega Technology Services Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 85011457123     PISSN: 15453669     EISSN: 15457575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15453660709509131     Document Type: Article

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