Numerical investigation of passive cooling in open vertical channels

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-131

  Lau, G E ^a   Yeoh, G H ^a,b   Timchenko, V ^a   Reizes, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

BIPV; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Passive cooling; Vertical channels

Indexed keywords

BIPV; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PASSIVE COOLING; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

ASPECT RATIO; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84856989928     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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