Dynamic thermal models and CFD analysis for flat-plate thermal solar collectors - A review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 526-537

  Tagliafico, Luca A ^a   Scarpa, Federico ^a   De Rosa, Mattia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic water heating; Dynamic models; Solar collector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC MODELS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; SOLAR COLLECTORS; HEAT TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; COMPUTING PERFORMANCE; DOMESTIC WATER HEATING; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; SOLAR ASSISTED HEAT PUMP; THERMAL SOLAR COLLECTORS; TRANSFER PHENOMENON;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC MODELS;

EID: 84888148473     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.10.023     Document Type: Review

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