An experimental investigation of forced convection flat plate solar air heater with storage material

Thermal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1105-1116

  Aissa, Walid ^a,c   EL Sallak, Mostafa ^b   Elhakem, Ahmed ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Forced convection; Performance; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

AIR PREHEATERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS; AIR HEATER; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAT PLATE SOLAR AIR HEATER; HEATED AIR; HEATING DEVICES; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR AIR HEATER;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84874670695     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI110607006A     Document Type: Article

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