Performance of polypropylene and steel tubes in solar water heaters with natural circulation

Energy Sources

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Riazi, Mohammad R ^a   Razavi, Jalil ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Experiments; Performance; Polypropylene; Solar water heating system; Steel; Thermosyphonic flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; PERFORMANCE; POLYPROPYLENES; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

POLYPROPYLENE TUBE; STEEL TUBE; THERMOSYPHONIC FLOW;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 0031075412     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319708908839     Document Type: Article

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