Experimental study on thermal performance of filled-type evacuated tube with U-tube

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 989-997

  Liang, Ruobing ^a   Ma, Liangdong ^a   Zhang, Jili ^a   Zhao, Dan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; ENERGY GAIN; EVACUATED TUBES; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAT EFFICIENCY; TEST SETUPS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER ENERGY; UNCERTAIN FACTORS; WORKING FLUID;

COPPER; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MIXED CONVECTION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84861529895     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-011-0912-7     Document Type: Article

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