An experimental and numerical study of thermal stratification in a horizontal cylindrical solar storage tank

Solar Energy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 409-421

  Alizadeh, Shahab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL SOLAR STORAGE TANKS;

HOT WATER HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 0032668078     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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