Performance analysis of wick-assisted heat pipe solar collector and comparison with experimental results

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Azad, E ^a  

^a IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EVAPORATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PIPE; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ALUMINIUM PLATES; COPPER TUBES; EVAPORATOR SECTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; HEAT-PIPE SOLAR COLLECTORS; OUTLET WATERS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFICIENCIES;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 59449092525     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-008-0455-8     Document Type: Article

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