Energy and exergy analyses of porous baffles inserted solar air heaters for building applications

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 338-345

  Bayrak, Fatih ^a   Oztop, Hakan F ^a   Hepbasli, Arif ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Building; Exergy; Porous material; Solar air heater; Solar collector; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS FLOW RATE; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING APPLICATIONS; CLOSED-CELL ALUMINUM FOAM; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; MEASURED PARAMETERS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLATE TEMPERATURE; SECOND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; SOLAR AIR HEATER; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

BUILDINGS; EXERGY; FLOW RATE; PIPE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SUN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOLAR HEATING;

EID: 84871808229     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.10.055     Document Type: Article

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