Identification of design parameters in a solar collector using inverse heat transfer analysis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-39

  Panda, Srikumar ^a   Singla, Rohit K ^a   Das, Ranjan ^a   Martha, Subash C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR   (India)

Author keywords

Binary coded GA; Geographical location identification; Inverse heat transfer; Material identification; Solar collector

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOLAR COLLECTORS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BINARY-CODED GENETIC ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLAT-PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INVERSE HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION; NON-FOURIER HEAT CONDUCTION; DESIGN PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EID: 84907352222     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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