Development and testing of a solar air-heater with conical concentrator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-275

  Türk Togrul, Inci ^a   Pehlivan, D Dursun ^a   Akosman, Cevdet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conical concentrator; Solar air heater; Solar tracking

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR AIR-HEATERS;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ABSORPTION; CONVECTION; HEATER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0041469964     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(03)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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