Analysis of the heat transfer and airflow in solar chimney drying system with porous absorber

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 511-518

  Chen, Wei ^a   Qu, Man ^a  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer and airflow; Numerical analysis; Porous absorber; Solar chimney

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; DRYING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLOWS; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; POROUS ABSORBER; TURBULENT MODELS;

AIR; DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR CHIMNEYS; SOLAR DRYERS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ABSORPTION; AIRFLOW; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT BALANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLAR POWER; DARCY LAW; HEAT TRANSFER; SIMULATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84886601937     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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