Non-equilibrium heat transfer in metal-foam solar collector with no-slip boundary condition

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 357-365

  Xu, Huijin ^a   Gong, Liang ^a   Huang, Shanbo ^a   Xu, Minghai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Fin model; LTNE model; Metal foam; Solar collector

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; METAL FOAMS; METALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; NO-SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; THERMAL DISPERSION EFFECTS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

EID: 84901259294     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.04.034     Document Type: Article

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