Natural circulation flow through water-in-glass evacuated tube solar collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1460-1472

  Budihardjo, Indra ^a   Morrison, Graham L ^a   Behnia, Masud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circulation flow rate; Water in glass evacuated tubes

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

CIRCULATION FLOW RATE; HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ASPECT RATIO; GLASS; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 36448994397     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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