Solar absorption heating in horizontal channel: Influence of absorbing plate location on thermal performance

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-148

  Siddiqui, Osman K ^a   Yilbas, Bekir S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Selective surface; Solar absorption

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; RADIATION HEATING; SELECTIVE SURFACE; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84878777055     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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