Technical note: Solar pond with honeycomb surface insulation system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-443

  Arulanantham, M ^a   Avanti, P ^a   Kaushika, N D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCAPSULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLASS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION; HEAT COLLECTION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR PONDS;

EID: 0031374979     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(97)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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