In Saudi Arabia, the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system typically accounts for 65% of the total electrical energy consumption in buildings. This is due to a very high ambient temperature which persists for a long period of time in a summer season. Moreover, gas turbines efficien
Application of photovoltaic systems in Saudi Arabia
โ Scribed by S.A.M. Said
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-1481
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