Thermal modeling of passive and active solar stills for different depths of water by using the concept of solar fraction

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 956-967

  Tripathi, Rajesh ^a   Tiwari, G N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Solar distillation; Solar fraction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; SOLAR DISTILLATION; SOLAR FRACTION; SOLAR STILLS;

DISTILLATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISTILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISTILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746228185     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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