Numerical study on natural convection inside the channel between the flat-plate cover and sine-wave absorber of a cross-corrugated solar air heater

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Gao, Wenfeng ^a   Lin, Wenxian ^a   Lu, Enrong ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

SINE-WAVE ABSORBERS; SOLAR AIR HEATERS;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 0033627255     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(99)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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