Experimental investigation of thermal performance of solar air heater having different obstacles on absorber plates

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 416-421

  Akpinar, Ebru Kavak ^a   Koçyiǧit, Fatih ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Obstacles; Solar air heater; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAT PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATER; FLOW CHANNELS; HEAT GAINS; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL VALUES; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TYPE II;

AIR PREHEATERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77649183269     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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