Dynamic similarity in solar chimney modeling

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1439-1446

  Koonsrisuk, Atit ^a   Chitsomboon, Tawit ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

CFD; Dimensional analysis; Dimensionless variables; Dynamic similarity; Natural convection; Solar chimney

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; WATER;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; DYNAMIC SIMILARITY; SOLAR CHIMNEY;

CHIMNEYS;

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; WATER;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; WATER;

EID: 36549003740     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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