Performance evaluation of a natural-convection solar air-heater with a rectangular-finned absorber plate

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1215-1225

  Fakoor Pakdaman, M ^a   Lashkari, A ^a   Basirat Tabrizi, H ^a   Hosseini, R ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Design concepts; Energy and exergy analysis; Finned absorber plate; Industrial application; Optimum performance

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAT PLATE; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; MAIN PARAMETERS; MASS FLOW RATE; NUSSELT NUMBER CORRELATION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; ORDER-OF-MAGNITUDE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXERGY; HEAT CONVECTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

DESIGN;

EID: 78649335184     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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