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On the effects of solar radiation variations on solar heating system performances
Author(s) -
Lund P. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440090106
Subject(s) - passive solar building design , radiation , environmental science , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , meteorology , solar mirror , solar water heating , solar air conditioning , solar gain , solar energy , nanofluids in solar collectors , water heating , atmospheric sciences , nuclear engineering , engineering , optics , thermal , physics , electrical engineering , waste management
The effect of solar radiation availability on the performance of different solar heating systems has been studied. The systems include a solar water heater, passive solar houses and district solar heating systems with seasonal heat storage. Also, different collector orientations and collector types have been investigated. The hourly radiation data were generated by a simple computational simulation procedure. It was found that district solar heating systems with concentrating collectors and passive solar houses showed the largest variations for the given conditions.