Experimental evaluation of a single-stage heat transformer used to increase solar pond's temperature

Solar energy

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 369-376

  Rivera, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIXTURES; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER;

SINGLE-STATE HEAT TRANSFORMERS;

SOLAR PONDS;

HEAT; SOLAR HOT WATER TANK;

EID: 0033625785     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0038-092x(00)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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