Heat exchanger theory applied to the design of water- and air- heating flat-plate solar collectors

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 132-138

  Kowalski, Gregory J ^a   Foster, Arthur R ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS - THEORY;

INSOLATION USE FACTOR; NONCONCENTRATING COLLECTORS; TRANSMITTANCE-ABSORPTANCE PRODUCT;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0024012655     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3268243     Document Type: Article

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