Analysis of the flow structure and heat transfer in a vertical mantle heat exchanger

Solar Energy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-289

  Knudsen, S ^a   Morrison, G L ^b   Behnia, M ^b   Furbo, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MANTLE LEVEL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); VERTICAL MANTLE HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FLOW STRUCTURE; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; VELOCIMETRY;

EID: 12444285733     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.08.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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