... ) By applying the finite difference method, the above equations for three time domains of energy storage in packed capsules are discretized by second-order central finite difference operators in space, and forward difference approximations in time, with the following initial and boundary conditions...

... convection finite difference methods temperature distribution Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems are becoming increasingly popular in residential and commercial buildings because they serve as a functional part of the building envelope, thus decreasing structural installation costs...

... improvements of the final manuscript. 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 enthalpy The residential market...

...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...