The performance of a solar air heater with conical concentrator under forced convection

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-581

  Türk Toǧrul, Inci ^a   Pehlivan, Dursun ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conical concentrator; Heat transfer; Solar air heater; Two pass collector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038578761     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(03)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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