Correlation of experimental and theoretical heat transfer in mantle tanks used in low flow SDHW systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 64, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 245-256

  Shah, Louise Jivan ^a   Furbo, Simon ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTRICT HEATING; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HOT WATER HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; WATER TANKS;

MANTLE TANKS; SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER (SDHW) SYSTEMS;

SOLAR HEATING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0032420646     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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