A simplified quadratic expression for the approximate estimation of heating degree-days to any base temperature

John J. Gelegenis

Applied Energy, 2009, vol. 86, issue 10, 1986-1994

Abstract: A simplified second-degree expression is developed for the approximate estimation of annual heating degree-days to various base temperatures. The only data needed for the application of this relation is the degree-days value to some reference base temperature and the mean annual temperature of the location. No statistical analysis is required for the identification of the parameters of the suggested relation, and so it is location insensitive. The quadratic relation proved to be quite accurate when applied to data from many cities from Greece and other Countries. Apart from the estimation of heating degree-days, the suggested expression can be useful for analytical purposes, due to its explicit and simple form.

Keywords: Heating; degree-days; Variable; base; temperature; Quadratic; relation; Energy; saving; Model; Geothermal; district; heating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306-2619(09)00053-1
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:86:y:2009:i:10:p:1986-1994

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405891/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 405891/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan

More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().