Thermal performance of a cubic cavity with a solar control coating deposited to a vertical semitransparent wall

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 588-601

  Flores, J J ^a   Alvarez, G ^a   Xaman, J P ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conjugate heat transfer; SHGC; Thermal performance of semitransparent wall

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; SEMITRANSPARENT WALL; STEADY STATE CONSERVATION EQUATIONS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLAR ENERGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COATING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERM; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WALL;

EID: 44149127950     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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