Experimental study of thermal performance improvement of a solar air flat plate collector through the use of obstacles: Application for the drying of 'Yellow Onion'

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1083-1099

  Ahmed Zaid, A ^a   Messaoudi, H ^a   Abenne, A ^a   Le Ray, M ^a   Desmons, J Y ^a   Abed, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Drying; Obstacles; Simulation; Solar collector; Solar energy; Yellow onion

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FLAT PLATE; HEAT EXCHANGER;

EID: 0342614201     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(19991010)23:12<1083::AID-ER498>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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