Flow and heat transfer in the air gap behind photovoltaic panels

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-301

  Moshfegh, B ^a   Sandberg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural convection; Photovoltaic panels; Radiation; Turbulent flow; Vertical channel

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHANNEL FLOW; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT RADIATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 0032156150     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-0321(98)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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