A second law approach to characterising thermally stratified hot water storage with application to solar water heaters

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 194-200

  Rosengarten, G ^a   Morrison, G ^a   Behnia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER STORAGE SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 0033223958     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2888166     Document Type: Article

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