Application of the entropy generation minimization method to a solar heat exchanger: A pseudo-optimization design process based on the analysis of the local entropy generation maps

Energy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-65

  Giangaspero, Giorgio ^a   Sciubba, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics); EGM (Entropy Generation Minimization); Entropy; Solar heat exchanger; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR HEATING;

CFD (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS); ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGE SURFACES; LOCAL ENTROPY GENERATION; SOLAR HEAT-EXCHANGER; TECHNICAL LITERATURE; TEMPERATURE CONTOURS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS;

ENTROPY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN METHOD; ENTROPY; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84881114689     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.01.069     Document Type: Article

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