Simulation of convective mass transfer in a solar distillation process

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 761-770

  Tiwari, G N ^a   Minocha, A ^a   Sharma, P B ^b   Emran Khan, M ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Convection process; Distillation; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001607320     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(96)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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