Performance of solar still under Jordanian climate

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-503

  Hamdan, M A ^a   Musa, A M ^a   Jubran, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Distilled water; Solar still

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WIND;

DISTILLED WATER; JORDANIAN CLIMATE; SOLAR STILL;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0033101901     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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