Optimal design of domestic water-heating solar systems Academic Article

abstract

• 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This paper presents a multi-criteria optimization formulation for the optimal design of a water-heating system for homes. The proposed model accounts for the available solar radiation in the specific place where the solar collector is installed and the hot water demands. The goal is to target economic and environmental objectives by optimizing the design and operating conditions including the optimal hot water storage and distribution. The proposed model is applied to several scenarios for homes with different inhabitants and in various cities in Mexico. The results show that the location has significant effects on the optimal design and operation of the water-heating solar system.

authors

• El-Halwagi, Mahmoud

published proceedings

• CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

author list (cited authors)

• de Fatima Sanchez-Bautista, A., Ezequiel Santibanez-Aguilar, J., Maria Ponce-Ortega, J., Napoles-Rivera, F., Serna-Gonzalez, M., & El-Halwagi, M. M.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• de Fatima Sanchez-Bautista, Aurora||Ezequiel Santibanez-Aguilar, Jose||Maria Ponce-Ortega, Jose||Napoles-Rivera, Fabricio||Serna-Gonzalez, Medardo||El-Halwagi, Mahmoud M

publication date

• March 2015

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy  Journal

keywords

• Design
• Domestic Heating Water
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Optimization
• Solar Collector
• Solar Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10098-014-0818-4

start page

• 637

end page

• 656

volume

• 17

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10098-014-0818-4

user-defined tag

• 6 Clean Water and Sanitation