Simulation and optimisation of the ventilation in a chimney-dependent solar crop dryer

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1560-1573

  Afriyie, J K ^a   Rajakaruna, H ^a   Nazha, M A A ^b   Forson, F K ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Natural ventilation; Simulation code; Solar chimney

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; COMPUTER CODES; CROSS SECTION; DESIGN TOOL; DRYING CHAMBERS; NATURAL VENTILATION; OBSERVED DATA; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIMULATION CODE;

CROPS; DRYING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROOFS; SOLAR DRYERS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VENTILATION;

SOLAR CHIMNEYS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SATURATION; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

EID: 79956106847     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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