Numerical model and parametric analyses of an inflatable solar heater

Solar Energy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Medved, Sašo ^a   Oman, Jure ^a   Novak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

INFLATABLE SOLAR HEATERS;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 0033100901     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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