Natural convection from a horizontal tube heat exchanger immersed in a tilted enclosure

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Liu, Wei ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a   Kulacki, F A ^a   Mantell, Susan C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

WATER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0037298716     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1531146     Document Type: Article

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