The improvement of collector efficiency in solar air heaters by simultaneously air flow over and under the absorbing plate

Energy

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 857-871

  Yeh, Ho Ming ^a   Ho, Chii Dong ^a   Hou, Jun Ze ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

SOLAR AIR HEATERS;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

AIRFLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0033457883     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(99)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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