According to recent technology road maps, system cost reductions and development of standardised plug-and-function systems are some of the most important goals for solar heating technology development. Retrofitting hot water boilers in single-family houses when installing solar collectors has the potential to significantly reduce both material and installation costs. Previous studies have inves...

many researchers have investigated how to increase the overall efficiency of solar-driven thermal systems. several key parameters, such as collector efficiency and storage tank characteristics, may impose some constraints on the annual solar fraction (asf) of such systems. in this paper, the behaviour of integrating the phase change material (pcm) in sdhw systems is modelled and optimized numer...

In this paper, an economic study of solar heat pumps and an investigation of differences between solar heat pumps and conventional heat pumps—based on their performances and energy consumption—are conducted for a residential apartment located in Austin, Texas, USA. Heating in the apartment is provided via a solar heat pump during the cold months of a year. Solar collectors are used to meet the ...

In this paper solar assisted heating and absorption cooling system and domestic hot water needs for a hotel having fifty rooms in Antalya have been investigated. First of all, solar radiation and meteorological data for Antalya and heating and cooling loads of the hotel building are given. For the heating cycle, active systems using liquid as the working fluid; and for the cooling cycle, solar-...

The paper deals with the block-oriented approach in modelling of a solar domestic hot water system. Due to the linking possibility to other technological processes (greenhouse, dryer, etc.) the Matlab+Simulink software was decided to use. The entire model consists of the sub-system models as collector, heat exchanger and storage tank. The governing heat and mass transfer equations are given alo...

an investigation on the thermal performance of the soil as geothermal heat energy storage medium has been conducted. the thermal characteristics of the soil storage and the heat transfer from a heat exchanger in the soil, surrounding and bottom surface will be discussed. this investigation forms a contribution to a project to realize such storage to be charged from a solar heating system. this ...

this article presents a transient model of a solar adsorption cooling system. a computer program has been developed to simulate the operation of a two bed silica gel- water adsorption cooling system as well as flat plate collectors and the hot water storage tank. this program is then utilized to simulate the performance of a sample solar adsorption cooling system used for cooling a set of rooms...

One of the biggest obstacles to economic profitability of solar water heating systems is the investment cost. Retrofitting existing domestic hot water heaters when a new solar hot water system is installed can reduce both the installation and material costs. In this study, retrofitting existing water heaters for solar water heating systems in Swedish single-family houses was theoretically inves...