Present status of solar distillation

Solar Energy

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Tiwari, G N ^a   Singh, H N ^a   Tripathi, Rajesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; WATER RESOURCES;

SOLAR DISTILLATION; WATER DEMAND;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; FUTURE PROSPECT; PURIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0242573757     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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