A review of heat pipe systems for heat recovery and renewable energy applications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2249-2259

  Chaudhry, Hassam Nasarullah ^a   Hughes, Ben Richard ^a   Ghani, Saud Abdul ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat pipe; Heat recovery; Merit No.; Operating temperature; Sorption; Thermal diode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

ACTIVE APPLICATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; MERIT NO; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; THERMAL DIODES;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84858169597     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.038     Document Type: Review

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