A review of natural convective heat transfer correlations in rectangular cross-section cavities and their potential applications to compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) solar collector cavities

Philip C. Eames; Harjit Singh

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.05.032

A review of natural convective heat transfer correlations in rectangular cross-section cavities and their potential applications to compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) solar collector cavities

Philip C. Eames
, Harjit Singh

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2186-2196
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	31
Issue number	14-15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.05.032
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

heat transfer
solar
compound parabolic concentrator (CPC)
natural convection
Rayleigh number
Nusselt number
inclined air layers
horizontal cylindrical annuli
thermal-boundary conditions
Rayleigh-Benard convection
energy collectors
cubical-cavity
performance analysis
benchmark problem
flow transitions
wall conduction
Mechanical, aeronautical and manufacturing engineering

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A review of natural convective heat transfer correlations in rectangular cross-section cavities and their potential applications to compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) solar collector cavities. / Eames, Philip C.; Singh, Harjit.
In: Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 14-15, 10.2011, p. 2186-2196.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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