Numerical investigation on optimization of a solar distiller dimensions

Desalination

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Omri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Buoyancy effects; Heat transfer; Rayleigh number; Thermal coefficient

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; OPTIMIZATION; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLAR WATER DISTILLERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTIMIZATION; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTION; DESIGN; DISTILLATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERM; OPTIMIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 33846678087     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.03.574     Document Type: Article

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