Using an ersatz thermosiphon loop to model natural convection flows inside a shallow enclosure

International Solar Energy Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 183-190

  Burch, Jay D ^a   Gawlik, Keith M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE DROP; SIPHONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

THERMAL POWER; THERMOSIPHON LOOPS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0346956915     PISSN: 15468402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/sed2001-123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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