Performance of a solar still: Predicted effect of enhanced evaporation area on yield and evaporation temperature

Solar Energy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Kwatra, Harpreet S ^a,b  

^a Shri AMM Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

MODELING; SOLAR STILL; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0030097625     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(95)00101-V     Document Type: Article

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