A statistical approach to the determination of energy savings in a solar-assisted water-heating system
A method of determining the cost benefits of a flat-plate solar-energy collector system used for domestic hot-water preheat is reported. Because the method obviates the need for a non-solar heated control comparison and does not call for any temperature logging within the system it is ideally suited to existing installations. The method relies on a statistical analysis of readily-available data and has been applied to assess the savings made in a number of flats within an Edinburgh tenement block. Several different combinations of data inputs may be used with varying degrees of reliability in the results.
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1987
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Authors: | Pontin, R.G. ; Thomson, I. |
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Applied Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0306-2619. - Vol. 28.1987, 4, p. 283-294
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Elsevier |
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