A new dynamic test method for thermal performance of all-glass evacuated solar air collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1222-1231

  Xu, Li ^a,b   Wang, Zhifeng ^a   Yuan, Guofeng ^a   Li, Xing ^c   Ruan, Yi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

All glass evacuated tube; Dynamic method; Solar air collector; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

AIR; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; GLASS; TESTING;

DYNAMIC METHOD; DYNAMIC TEST METHODS; ENERGY BALANCE ANALYSIS; EVACUATED TUBES; SOLAR AIR COLLECTOR; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR POWER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84859441738     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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