Simulated and experimental performance of a heat pipe assisted solar wall

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1552-1562

  Albanese, Michael V ^a   Robinson, Brian S ^a   Brehob, Ellen G ^a   Keith Sharp, M ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat pipe; Isolated gain; Passive; Solar; Solar fraction; Water wall

Indexed keywords

ISOLATED GAIN; PASSIVE; SOLAR; SOLAR FRACTION; WATER WALL;

CLIMATE MODELS; EXPERIMENTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HEAT PIPES;

BUILDING; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; INSULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPE; RADIATION BALANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84859438790     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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