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Potential of roof-integrated solar collectors for preheating air at drying facilities in Northern Thailand
Román, Franz; Nagle, Marcus; Leis, Hermann; Janjai, Serm; … - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 7, pp. 1661-1667
preheat the drying air, thus reducing the energy requirement from fossil fuels. In this study, a simulation program for a flat …
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A novel underground solar thermal heat storage unit cum heat exchanger for non air-conditioned buildings
Kumar, Rakesh; Kaushik, S.C. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 20 (2003) 2, pp. 208-222
Storage Tank and Novel Heat Exchanger. This Underground Solar Thermal Heat Exchanger (USTHE) provided improved sensible … heating/cooling of air by employing a Novel Heat Exchanger (NHX). The dynamic performance of the storage tank in USTHE is … segments). Analysis of NHX incorporated thermal heat transfer between water in the load loop of a storage tank and cross …
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A novel underground solar thermal heat storage unit cum heat exchanger for non air-conditioned buildings
Kumar, Rakesh; Kaushik, S.C. - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 20 (2003) 2, pp. 208-222
Storage Tank and Novel Heat Exchanger. This Underground Solar Thermal Heat Exchanger (USTHE) provided improved sensible … heating/cooling of air by employing a Novel Heat Exchanger (NHX). The dynamic performance of the storage tank in USTHE is … segments). Analysis of NHX incorporated thermal heat transfer between water in the load loop of a storage tank and cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005751738
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Seawater pumping as an electricity storage solution for photovoltaic energy systems
Manfrida, Giampaolo; Secchi, Riccardo - In: Energy 69 (2014) C, pp. 470-484
The stochastic nature of several renewable energy sources has raised the problem of designing and building storage … electricity storage is proposed as a good option for PV (Photovoltaic) or solar thermal power plants, located in suitable places … close to the coast line. Solar radiation has a natural daily cycle, and storage reservoirs of limited capacity can …
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Thermoeconomic analysis of storage systems for solar heating and cooling systems: A comparison between variable-volume and fixed-volume tanks
Buonomano, Annamaria; Calise, Francesco; Ferruzzi, Gabriele - In: Energy 59 (2013) C, pp. 600-616
The paper investigates different control strategies for the thermal storage management in SHC (Solar Heating and … novel thermal storage system, consisting in a variable volume storage tank. It includes three separate tanks and a number of … approaches. The aim of this component is to vary the thermal storage capacity as a function of the combinations of solar …
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Sizing solar space heating system : A case study
Hasan, Afif - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 720-724
area is optimized based on minimum annual heating cost. TRNSYS program was used for solar house simulation. For a typical …
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Experimental investigation of a solar energy heating system under the climatic conditions of Edirne
Karacavus, Berrin; Can, Ahmet - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 9, pp. 2084-2096
Seasonal storage of solar energy to supply the heat requirement of buildings in Edirne (41°39′54″N) has been examined … experimentally. Solar energy has been stored in a cylindrical underground storage unit. Measurement values have been recorded per … storage unit and the surrounding ground have been calculated through the measurement results. The transient heat transfer …
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Analysis of swimming pool solar heating using the utilizability method
Gonçalves, R. S.; Palmero-Marrero, Ana I.; Oliveira, … - In: Energy reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 717-724
A study was carried out to predict the long-term energy performance of swimming pool solar heating systems for four Brazilian cities using the utilizability method. The chosen cities were Brasília, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre and São Luís. The pool area was kept constant and both glazed and...
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Economic optimization of low-flow solar domestic hot water plants
Cardinale, N.; Piccininni, F.; Stefanizzi, P. - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 12, pp. 1899-1914
A solar plant for hot-water production was investigated by the dynamic simulation code (TRNSYS). A typical daily home … auxiliary heater and a tempering valve. A heat-exchanger is considered between collector and storage tank. The fluids circulate …
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Performance evaluation of solar water heating system with heat pipe evacuated tubes provided with natural gas backup
Mehmood, Aamir; Waqas, Adeel; Said, Zafar; Rahman, Shek … - In: Energy reports 5 (2019), pp. 1432-1444
Present work is focused on building a TRNSYS simulation model of solar water heating (SWH) system using heat pipe …
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