Effect of brine flow rate on the performance of a spiral-jacketed thermal storage tank used for SDHW systems: A computational fluid dynamics study

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2716-2725

  Baek, Seung Man ^a   Nam, Jin Hyun ^b   Hong, Hiki ^c   Kim, Charn Jung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Mantle heat exchanger; Solar domestic hot water system; Solar thermal energy; Spiral brine path; Thermal storage tank

Indexed keywords

MANTLE HEAT EXCHANGER; SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SPIRAL BRINE PATH; THERMAL STORAGE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW RATE; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT STORAGE; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; INLET FLOW; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER; WATER TANKS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79960912978     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.04.043     Document Type: Article

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