Rate of heat transfer in polypropylene tubes in solar water heaters

Solar Energy

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Razavi, J ^a   Riazi, M R ^b   Mahmoodi, M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; POLYPROPYLENES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; POLYPROPYLENE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR WATER HEATER;

EID: 0141794056     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00230-5     Document Type: Article

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