A two dimensional thermal network model for a photovoltaic solar wall

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1933-1942

  Dehra, Himanshu ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic solar wall; Solar energy; Solar filters; Solar ventilation; Thermal network model

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SURFACE; CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSPORT EQUATION; MATRIX SOLUTION; MEASUREMENT DATA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR WALL; RADIATION HEAT; SOLAR FILTERS; SOLAR WALLS; STEADY STATE; THERMAL NETWORK; THERMAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; THERMAL NETWORK MODELS; VENTILATION RATE; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENTILATION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 71249139506     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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