Heating performance investigation of a bidirectional partition fluid thermal diode

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-684

  Fang, Xiande ^a   Xia, Lulu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; DOUBLE GLAZINGS; HEAT SUPPLY; HEATING PERFORMANCE; HOT BOXES; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PASSIVE COOLING; PASSIVE SOLAR; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL DIODES; TWO STAGE;

DIODES; GLAZES; HEATING; WATER TANKS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

COOLING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEATING; INSULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 71549160848     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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