Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5147512 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2017 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of the domestic hot water load profiles and the collector's technology (Flat Plate FPC, Evacuated Tube ETC and Compound Parabolic CPC) on the performance of forced circulation solar water heaters operating under various climatic conditions. For this end, a typical single family house composed of five occupants located in Morocco was considered. It is found that, the solar fraction can reach annual average values of 80% especially in areas with high solar energy potential. For a fixed consumption profile, the simulations showed that the installations with FPC, ETC and CPC can consume about 1644, 1199 and 1481Â kWh/year of auxiliary energy, respectively. Moreover, it is found that, adapting the consumption profile, can save approximately 43Â kWh/year for FPC, 13Â kWh/year for ETC and about 29Â kWh/year for CPC of energy.
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Authors
T. Bouhal, Y. Agrouaz, A. Allouhi, T. Kousksou, A. Jamil, T. El Rhafiki, Y. Zeraouli,