Technical note : Optimizing the thermohydraulic performance of flat-plate solar air heaters operating with fixedvariable pumping power

Renewable Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-304

  Hegazy, Adel A ^a  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR AIR HEATERS; THERMOHYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

FLAT PLATE; HEATER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PUMPING; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0032849376     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-1481(98)00804-0     Document Type: Article

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