Performance evaluation of a refrigerant-charged integrated solar water heater in northern Nigeria

Desalination

Volumn 243, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 208-217

  Enaburekhan, Joseph ^a   Yakasai, Usman Tanko ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Heat pipe solar collector; Phase change; Refrigerant charged solar collector; Solar water heating

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PUMPING; CLOUDY DAYS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; HEAT-PIPE SOLAR COLLECTOR; INTEGRATED SOLAR WATER HEATERS; LOAD CONDITIONS; NIGERIA; NORTHERN NIGERIA; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PHASE-CHANGE; REFRIGERANT-CHARGED SOLAR COLLECTOR; SOLAR WATER HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ETHANOL; HEAT PIPES; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; REFRIGERANTS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SURFACE TENSION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EQUIPMENT; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 65549145508     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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