Performance analysis of solar ethanol distillation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2543-2554

  Vorayos, N ^a   Kiatsiriroat, T ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ethanol distillation; Production cost; Solar energy; System simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ETHANOL; HEAT PIPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

DISTILLATION SYSTEM; ETHANOL DISTILLATION; PRODUCTION COST; SYSTEM SIMULATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ETHANOL; HEAT PIPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 33747192372     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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