Heat transfer and fluid flow studies in the collector tubes of a closed-loop natural circulation solar water heater

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 799-812

  Altamush Siddiqui, M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Closed loop; Heat transfer; Natural circulation; Solar flux; Thermal losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042221343     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-8904(96)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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