Thermal performance of artificially roughened solar air heaters

Solar Energy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-67

  Prasad, B N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Collector efficiency ( th); Collector efficiency factor (F'); Collector heat removal factor (FR); Flow Reynolds number (Re); Relative roughness height (e D); Relative roughness pitch (p e)

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR HEAT REMOVAL FACTORS; FLOW REYNOLDS NUMBER (RE); MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; MINIMUM PRESSURE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RELATIVE ROUGHNESS PITCH (P/E); ROUGHNESS HEIGHT; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMO-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR HEATING; TURBULENT FLOW;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84874543801     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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