Analysis of wind flow around a parabolic collector (1) fluid flow

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1898-1916

  Naeeni, N ^a   Yaghoubi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Solar collector; Solar power plant; Turbulent flow; Wind force

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

SOLAR POWER PLANT; WIND FORCE;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEATING; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SHIRAZ;

EID: 33847628376     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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