Thermohydraueic performance of solar air heaters with roughened absorber plates

Solar Energy

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-42

  Gupta, Dhananjay ^a   Solanki, S C ^b   Saini, J S ^b  

^a Engineering College   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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EID: 0030875488     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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