Preliminary study on a solar water heater using supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 0110101-0110106

  Yamaguchi, H ^a   Sawada, N ^b   Suzuki, H ^b   Ueda, H ^b   Zhang, X R ^c  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Showa Tansan Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Solar water heater; Supercritical fluid

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; CRITICAL POINTS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; HEAT RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; WATER COOLING; WORKING FLUID;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NATURAL CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SUN; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WASTE HEAT;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 77955178597     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000350     Document Type: Article

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