Heat conduction in partial vacuum
Abstract
Basic theoretical work on heat conduction in evacuated solar collectors is reported. The results include estimates for minimum partial vacuum necessary to eliminate conduction, and the effects of helium penetration into the region.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979STIN...8025618T
- Keywords:
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- Evacuating (Vacuum);
- Solar Collectors;
- Thermal Conductivity;
- Emission Spectra;
- Heat Flux;
- Low Pressure;
- Molecular Collisions;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer