Thermodynamic method for designing dryers operated by flat-plate solar collectors

Renewable Energy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 649-660

  Torres Reyes, E ^a   Navarrete Gonzalez, J J ^a   Ibarra Salazar, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flat plate solar collectors; Optimal design; Solar drying; Varying operation conditions

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONVERSIONS;

SOLAR DRYERS;

DRYER; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036668267     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00147-1     Document Type: Article

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