...-dimensional enthalpy based finite difference method. The results of the PCM integrated collector proposed are very encouraging, and the authors concluded that the conventional water storage tanks may be replaced for the PCM integrated solar collectors. Esen et al. ( 15 ) made a numerical investigation...

..., such as those presented, are necessary for prediction of temperature distributions in BIPV panels. 24 02 2006 15 05 2007 boundary layer turbulence building integrated photovoltaics computational fluid dynamics convection finite difference methods temperature distribution Building...

... storage tanks may be replaced for the PCM integrated in the solar collector. 04 11 2003 06 12 2005 phase change materials solar absorber-convertors composite materials graphite thermal properties finite difference methods PCM solar thermal collectors storage lumped...

...Nitin Goel 25 04 2005 thermodynamics finite difference methods solar energy conversion mass transfer cooling solar absorber-convertors Nitin Goel received the 2004 ASME Solar Energy Division Graduate Student Award for his work on the combined power and cooling...

... the performance of a hydronic pavement heating system as a supplemental heat rejecter in ground-source heat pump systems. The model uses a finite difference method to solve the transient two-dimensional heat conduction equation and has been formulated for use in component based system simulation. Full-scale...

...B. Song, Visiting Scholar; H. Inaba, Professor; A. Horibe, Associate Professor A two-dimensional mathematical model was developed for predicting the performance of an open-type water-cooled flat-plate solar collector, and solved numerically through an implicit finite difference method. The effects...