Numerical analysis of heat transfer in a passive solar composite wall with porous absorber

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1251-1258

  Chen, Wei ^a   Liu, Wei ^b  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Porous absorber; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPOSITE SOLAR WALLS; PASSIVE SOLAR COMPOSITES; POROUS ABSORBER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 41449086487     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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