Analytical and experimental studies on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated and flat-plate solar air heaters

Applied Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-441

  Gao, Wenfeng ^a   Lin, Wenxian ^a,b   Liu, Tao ^a   Xia, Chaofeng ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Cross corrugated solar air heater; Experimental results; Thermal performance; Wavelike absorbing plate; Wavelike bottom plate

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; PLATE METAL;

CROSS-CORRUGATED SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WAVELIKE ABSORBING PLATES; WAVELIKE BOTTOM PLATES;

SOLAR HEATING;

AERODYNAMICS; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; PLATE METAL; SOLAR HEATING;

AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT PRODUCTION; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33845571097     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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