Development of correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor for solar air heater with roughened duct having multi v-shaped with gap rib as artificial roughness

Renewable Energy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-163

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Saini, R P ^b   Saini, J S ^c  

^a SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Friction factor; Gap distance; Gap width; Nusselt number; Solar air heater

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ROUGHNESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; GAP DISTANCES; GAP WIDTHS; RELATIVE GAP DISTANCES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SOLAR AIR HEATER;

ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING;

DUCTS;

FRICTION; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROUGHNESS; SOLAR COOKER;

EID: 84876320222     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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