Numerical simulation of a vertical solar collector integrated in a building frame: Radiation and turbulent natural convection coupling

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-42

  Muresan, C ^a,d   Menezo C ^a,c   Bennacer, R ^b   Vaillon, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d Thermal Science Centre of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW MODELING; VERTICAL SOLAR COLLECTORS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 30344477392     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630500397658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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