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Energy analysis of solar water heating systems in india

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This analysis can be called energy accounting of solar water heating systems. Five types of solar water heating systems have been considered. With the help of material balance, energy content has been found in these systems. Yearly output of systems has been found by conducting transient simulations using hourly data of radiation and ambient temperature. Such analysis has been done separately for one representative city of each of six climatic zones of India. The energy payback for India ranges from 0.73 to 4.16 years for the thirty cases considered here.

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  1. Centre for energy studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    Jyotirmay Mathur & Narendra Kumar Bansal

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Mathur, J., Bansal, N.K. Energy analysis of solar water heating systems in india. Int. J. LCA 4, 113–116 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979411

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