Thermal performance behavior of a domestic hot water solar storage tank during consumption operation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 468-476

  Dehghan, A A ^a   Barzegar, A ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exchanger; Heat; K turbulence; Mantle; Model; Solar; Storage; Stratification; Tank; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WATER;

EXCHANGER; MANTLE; SOLAR; TANK; THERMAL;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 78049488688     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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