Effects of thermal conductivity and geometry of materials on the temperature variation in packed bed solar air heater

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 839-847

  Singh, Omendra Kumar ^a   Panwar, N L ^b  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Extinction coefficient; Finite difference approximation; Packed bed solar air heater; Screen geometry; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AIR PREHEATERS; BIOFUELS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; PACKED BEDS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATIONS; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; SOLAR AIR HEATER; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84872489542     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-2182-5     Document Type: Article

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