Experimental validation of a numerical model for heat transfer in vacuum glazing

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-577

  Fang, Yueping ^a   Eames, Philip C ^a   Norton, Brian ^b   Hyde, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Guarded hot box calorimeter; Overall heat transfer coefficient; Vacuum glazing

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GLASS PANES; GUARDED HOT BOX CALORIMETER; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; VACUUM GLAZING;

VACUUM;

CALORIMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VACUUM;

CALORIMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; HEAT ISLAND; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33646483347     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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