Black-box model for solar storage tanks based on multiple linear regression

Renewable Energy

Volumn 125, Issue , 2018, Pages 857-865

  Kicsiny, Richárd ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Black box; Linear regression; Modelling; On off operation; Solar storage tanks

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MODELS; SOLAR HEATING; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BLACK BOXES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; ON/OFF OPERATION; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; RESEARCH PROPOSALS; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM; SOLAR STORAGE TANKS; TRANSIENT PROCESS;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY STORAGE; MODEL; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SOLAR POWER; STORAGE TANK; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85044579709     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.037     Document Type: Article

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