Effect of packing in the airflow passage on the performance of a solar air-heater with conical concentrator

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1349-1362

  Toǧrul, Inci Türk ^a   Pehlivan, Dursun ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conical concentrator; Heat transfer; Packing; Selective surface; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALUMINUM; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PACKING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WIRE;

CONICAL CONCENTRATORS; SELECTIVE SURFACE; SOLAR AIR HEATERS; WIRE MESH PACKING;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 13644282899     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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