Experimental and computational study of the developed flow field in a flat plate integrated collector storage (ICS) solar device with recirculation

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1133-1145

  Gertzos, K P ^a   Caouris, Y G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Integrated collector storage; LDV; Solar ICS; Tube heat exchanger; Turbulent flow in parallelepiped vessel

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED COLLECTOR STORAGE; PARALLELEPIPED VESSEL; TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34447556712     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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