Analytical models of thermal performance of solar air heaters of double-parallel flow and double-pass counter flow

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-391

  Hernández, Alejandro L ^a,b   Quiñonez, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b Research Council of the National University of Salta ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Mathematical modelling; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER PLATES; AIR STREAMS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; COUNTER-FLOWS; DOUBLE PASS; EFFICIENCY FACTOR; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; INLET CHANNELS; MASS FLOW; MEAN TEMPERATURE; SOLAR AIR HEATER; SOLAR AIR HEATING; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; ENERGY BALANCE; INLET FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PARALLEL FLOW; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84873265895     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.050     Document Type: Article

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