Performance modelling of a parallel tube polymer absorber

Solar Energy

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Van Niekerk, W M K ^a   Du Toit, C G ^a   Scheffler, T B ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 0030186161     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(96)00052-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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