Parametric sensitivity studies on the performance of a flat plate solar collector in transient behavior

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 938-947

  Hamed, Mouna ^a   Fellah, Ali ^a   Ben Brahim, Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dynamic simulation; Flat plate solar collector; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE ANALYSIS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; HEAT LOSS COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OUTLET-WATER TEMPERATURES; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84892960411     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.09.044     Document Type: Article

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