A study of the heat transfer of rivulet flow on inclined plates

Solar Energy

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Sultanovic D ^a,b   Bjerke, B ^a   Rekstad, J ^a   Villalonga, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

INCLINED PLATES; RIVULET FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031105842     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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