Effect of flow maldistribution on thermal performance of a solar air heater array with subcollectors in parallel

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1260-1270

  Karwa, Rajendra ^a   Karwa, Nitin ^b   Misra, Rohit ^c   Agarwal, P C ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flow imbalance; Solar air heater array; Subcollectors in parallel; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOW IMBALANCE; SOLAR AIR HEATER ARRAY; SUBCOLLECTORS IN PARALLEL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

SOLAR HEATING;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR MASS; FLOW PATTERN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 33947381764     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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