Heat transfer calculation in a free convection air solar collector

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Rodonò, Giuseppe ^a   Volpes, Ruggero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free convection; Heat transfer; Solar building heating

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CALCULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MODELS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AIR FLOW RATE;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 0032000930     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(97)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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