| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Monitoring and Modeling Hot Water Consumption in Hotels for Solar Thermal Water Heating System Optimization |
2011 |
5921 |
In this study, hot water consumption was monitored at two hotels in Boone, North Carolina. A typical hot water profile was created for each hotel, and the profiles were then used to size a solar thermal water heating system for each of them. The sy... |
| A Direct Comparison between a Central Inverter and Microinverters in a Photovoltaic Array |
2011 |
2326 |
Microinverters, successfully introduced to the market in 2008, have the potential to transform the PV landscape. They offer many advantages over central inverter topologies, including potentially increased power output compared to a central inverter.... |
| Characterizing Electrical Output of Sanyo HIT 195 Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules By Altering Reflective Material Below the Lower Face Absorptive Cells |
2012 |
310 |
Bifacial photovoltaic modules offer potentially enhanced power output due to their reported ability to harvest reflected radiation increasing output up to an additional 30%. This enhancement has yet to be confirmed in the literature.
Reflectivity ... |