Numerical analyses of the impact of plates for thermal stratification inside a storage tank with upper and lower inlet flows

Solar Energy

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-302

  Zachar A ^a   Farkas, I ^a   Szlivka, F ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

STORAGE TANKS;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

HEAT TRANSFER; STORAGE TANK; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0042324088     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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