The average annual increase in electricity consumption and peak demand in Northern Cyprus (N. Cyprus) during the past 20 years have been 7.1 and 5.5%, respectively. In recent years, the demand for electricity has been stretched to its limits in winter. This raised the question of whether...

In this study, the thermal performance of the single and double pass solar air heaters with normal glazing and with quarter perforated cover was investigated experimentally. The solar air collector was tested with two different perforated covers in which the holes made on one cover had the...

The influence of economic variables on the annual electricity consumption in N. Cyprus for the period of 1988–1997 has been investigated. Utilising historical energy consumption, historical economic databases and multiple regression analyses, it was found that the number of customers, the...

The present study is concerned with the exergoeconomic performance analysis of a storage-type electrical water heater, being subjected to two volumes of hot water removals at 5 L/min; the first one immediately after the heating of water in the tank, and the second, after some time has been...

Thermal performance of a single and double pass solar air heater with fins attached and using a steel wire mesh as absorber plate was investigated experimentally. The effects of air mass flow rate range between 0.012 kg/s and 0.038 kg/s on the outlet temperature and thermal efficiency was...

In many designs of storage-type domestic electric water-heaters (EWHs) the internal heating elements are mounted at the bottom of the tank. Energy-utilization efficiencies of such EWHs are not always high since the whole tank of water is heated for even a quick shower, where the hot-water...