Numerical simulation of phase change heat transfer of a solar flat-plate collector with energy storage

Building Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-280

  Peng, Donghua ^a   Chen, Zhenqian ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aluminum foams; numerical simulation; paraffin; solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862987202     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-009-9224-y     Document Type: Article

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