Pressure drop in solar power plant chimneys

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Von Backström, Theodor W ^a   Bernhardt, Andreas ^a   Gannon, Anthony J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WAKES;

INTERNAL BRACING WHEELS;

CHIMNEYS;

EID: 0038475897     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1564077     Document Type: Article

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