Numerical simulation of the air flow around the arrays of solar collectors

Thermal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 457-465

  Bakić, Vukman V ^a   Živković, Goran S ^a   Pezo, Milada L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat losses; Solar collector; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GLASS; HEAT CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODELS;

ABSORBER PLATES; AIR FLOW; CONVECTIVE HEAT; CONVECTIVE LOSS; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; FREESTREAM VELOCITY; K-Ε MODEL; THERMAL HYDRAULIC PROCESS; TUBE BUNDLE; WIND VELOCITIES;

HEAT LOSSES;

EID: 80054016822     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI110222051B     Document Type: Article

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