A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications

Applied Energy - Tập 104 - Trang 538-553 - 2013
Yuan Tian1, Chunyu Zhao2
1School of Engineering, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL, Coventry, United Kingdom
2School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 200240 Shanghai, China

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