Technical utilisation of convective vortices for carbon-free electricity production: A review

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1236-1242

  Nizetic, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Convective vortices; Energy utilisation; Experimental approach; Sustainable development; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; HEAT ENGINES; PLANNING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON-FREE ELECTRICITY; CONVECTIVE VORTICES; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY UTILISATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MECHANICAL WORK; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LITERATURE REVIEW; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VORTICITY;

EID: 79551507234     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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