Passive cooling of water at night in uninsulated open tank in hot arid areas

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Ali, Ahmed Hamza H ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Night cooling; Passive cooling of water; Radiant ceiling cooling

Indexed keywords

NIGHT COOLING; PASSIVE COOLING; RADIANT CEILING COOLING;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33749666862     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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