A review of natural convective heat transfer correlations in rectangular cross-section cavities and their potential applications to compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) solar collector cavities

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2186-2196

  Singh, Harjit ^a   Eames, Philip C ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC); Heat transfer; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Rayleigh number; Solar

Indexed keywords

CAVITY SHAPE; COLLECTOR CAVITY; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SOLAR; SPECIFIC LOCATION; SQUARE CROSS-SECTION; SUPPRESSION DEVICES;

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 79960908851     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.05.032     Document Type: Review

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