Modeling and simulation of turbulent flows through a solar air heater having square-sectioned transverse rib roughness on the absorber plate

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yadav, Anil Singh ^a,b   Bhagoria, J L ^b  

^a Technocrats Institute of Technology Pharmacy   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PITCH; SIMULATION; SOLAR AIR HEATER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENT FLOW; AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84886573987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/827131     Document Type: Article

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