Identifying and reducing scaling problems in solar hot water systems

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Baker, Derek K ^a   Vliet, Gary C ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS (SHW);

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

EID: 0037298838     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1528924     Document Type: Article

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