Role of distributed/discrete solar heaters during natural convection in the square and triangular cavities: CFD and heatline simulations
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- 作者：Debayan Das debayan8221@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Tanmay Basak ; tanmay@iitm.ac.in" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Solar heating ; Convection ; Discrete heaters ; Triangular enclosures
- 刊名：Solar Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：135
- 期：Complete
- 页码：130-153
- 全文大小：4733 K
文摘
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Discrete solar heating vs. optimal thermal management is studied.
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Natural convection in the square and triangular enclosures is examined.
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Effect of various positioning of solar heaters is analyzed by heatline concept.
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Efficient heating strategy is based on the optimal positioning of solar heaters.
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Overall, thermal mixing within the triangular-type 2 enclosure is higher.