Optimized electrode arrangement in solar air heater

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-455

  Kasayapanand, N ^a   Kiatsiriroat, T ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Electric field; Electrohydrodynamic; Finite difference technique; Heat transfer enhancement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHANNEL DIMENSION; CHANNEL SURFACE; SOLAR AIR HEATERS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 28844501721     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

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