Porous medium model of a storage tank with an immersed heat exchanger

American Solar Energy Society - Solar 2006: 35th ASES Annual Conf., 31st ASES National Passive Solar Conf., 1st ASES Policy and Marketing Conf., ASME Solar Energy Division Int. Solar Energy Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 118-123

  Su, Yan ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STREAMLINES; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; RECTANGULAR STORAGE TANKS; SOLAR STORAGE TANKS; STORAGE TANK; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMMERCE; MARKETING; POROUS MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84867960225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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