Improving discharge characteristics of indirect integral collector storage systems with multielement storage

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0210031-0210039

  Boies, A M ^a   Homan, K O ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AREA UTILIZATION; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; GENERAL (CO); INTEGRAL COLLECTOR STORAGE (ICS); LIMITING BEHAVIOR; MULTI-ELEMENT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; STORAGE SYSTEMS; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; STORAGE VOLUMES; TEMPERATURE-LIMITED (TL);

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MULTITASKING; PAPER; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 45249102887     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2840569     Document Type: Article

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