Nusselt number and friction factor correlations for solar air heater duct having artificially roughened absorber plate

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1109-1118

  Bhushan, Brij ^a   Singh, Ranjit ^a  

^a BEANT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial roughness; Friction factor; Nusselt number; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; ARTIFICIAL ROUGHNESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTOR; FRICTION FACTOR CORRELATION; FRICTION LOSS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; ROUGHNESS GEOMETRY; SOLAR AIR HEATER;

AIR PREHEATERS; DUCTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; ROUGHNESS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79954614860     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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