Single and double pass solar air heaters with wire mesh as packing bed

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3783-3787

  Aldabbagh, L B Y ^a   Egelioglu, F ^a   Ilkan, M ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Single and double pass solar air heater; Solar air heater; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR PREHEATERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MASS TRANSFER; PACKED BEDS; PIPE FLOW; SOLAR HEATING; WIRE;

ABSORBER PLATES; DOUBLE PASS; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; MASS FLOW RATE; MASS FLOW RATE OF AIR; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PASS; SOLAR AIR HEATER; STEEL WIRE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WIRE MESHES;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

AIRFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; STEEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 77955281016     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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