Influence of flow direction and turbulence intensity on heat transfer of utility-scale photovoltaic solar farms
Andrew Glick, Sarah E. Smith, Naseem Ali, Juliaan Bossuyt, Gerald Recktenwald, Marc Calaf, Raúl Bayoán Cal
Topics & Concepts
TurbulenceConvective heat transferNusselt numberMechanicsTurbulence kinetic energyParticle image velocimetryMaterials scienceHeat transferHeat transfer coefficientEnvironmental scienceMeteorologyAtmospheric sciencesReynolds numberPhysicsPhotovoltaic System Optimization TechniquesSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics