Solar and heat pump systems for residential buildings. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jean-Christophe Hadorn.
• Editors: Hadorn, Jean-Christophe
• Contents: Solar and Heat Pump Systems for Residential Buildings; Contents; About the editor and the supervisors; List of contributors; IEA solar heating and cooling programme; Forewords; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 The scope; 1.2 Who should read this book?; 1.3 Why this book?; 1.4 What you will learn reading this book?; Internet sources; Part One: Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 2. System description, categorization, and comparison; 2.1 System analysis and categorization; 2.1.1 Approaches and principles; 2.1.2 Graphical representation of solar and heat pump systems. 2.1.3 Categorization2.2 Statistical analysis of market-available solar thermal and heat pump systems; 2.2.1 Methods; 2.2.2 Results; 2.2.2.1 Surveyed companies; 2.2.2.2 System functions; 2.2.2.3 System concepts; 2.2.2.4 Heat pump characteristics -- heat sources; 2.2.2.5 Collector types; 2.2.2.6 Cross analysis between collector type and system concept; 2.3 Conclusions and outlook; 2.4 Relevance and market penetration -- illustrated with the example of Germany; References; Chapter 3: Components and thermodynamic aspects; 3.1 Solar collectors; 3.2 Heat pumps; 3.3 Ground heat exchangers. 3.3.1 Modeling of vertical ground heat exchangers3.3.2 Modeling of horizontal ground heat exchangers; 3.3.3 Combining GHX with solar collectors; 3.4 Storage; 3.4.1 Sensible heat storage and storage in general; 3.4.2 Latent storage; 3.4.3 Thermochemical reactions and sorption storage; 3.5 Special aspects of combined solar and heat pump systems; 3.5.1 Parallel versus series collector heat use; 3.5.2 Exergetic efficiency and storage stratification; References; Chapter 4: Performance and its assessment; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Definition of performance figures. 4.2.1 Overview of performance figures in current normative documents4.2.1.1 Heat pumps; 4.2.1.2 Solar thermal collectors; 4.2.2 Solar and heat pump systems; 4.2.3 Efficiency and performance figures; 4.2.4 Component performance figures; 4.2.4.1 Coefficient of performance; 4.2.4.2 Seasonal coefficient of performance; 4.2.4.3 Solar collector efficiency; 4.2.5 System performance figures; 4.2.5.1 Seasonal performance factor; 4.2.6 Other performance figures; 4.2.6.1 Solar fraction; 4.2.6.2 Renewable heat fraction; 4.2.6.3 Fractional energy savings; 4.3 Reference system and system boundaries. 4.3.1 Reference SHP system4.3.2 Definition of system boundaries and corresponding seasonal performance factors; 4.4 Environmental evaluation of SHP systems; 4.4.1.1 Primary energy ratio; 4.4.1.2 Equivalent warming impact; 4.4.1.3 Fractional primary energy savings; 4.4.1.4 Fractional CO2 emission savings; 4.5 Calculation example; Appendix 4.A Reviewed standards and other normative documents; 4.A.1 Heat pumps (Table 4.A.1); 4.A.2 Solar thermal collectors (Table 4.A.2); 4.A.3 Relevant documents for the ecodesign directive; References.
• Publisher Details: Berlin, Germany : Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 697.78; Solar heating; Solar houses -- Design and construction; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General; Solar heating; Solar houses -- Design and construction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783433030400; 3433030405; 9783433604847; 3433604843; 9783433604854; 3433604851; 9783433604823; 3433604827; 9783433604830; 3433604835
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 14, 2015).
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