Thermal modeling based on solar fraction and experimental study of the annual and seasonal performance of a single slope passive solar still: The effect of water depths

Desalination

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 184-204

  Tiwari, Anil Kr ^a   Tiwari, G N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Direct solar distillation; Evaporation condensation; Modeling simulation; Purification of brackish water; Solar distillation; Solar fraction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; PURIFICATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

BRACKISH WATER; SOLAR DISTILLATON; SOLAR FRACTION; THERMAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH; WATER PURIFICATION;

DESALINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; PURIFICATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

BRACKISH WATER; CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; SIMULATION; SLOPE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER DEPTH;

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

EID: 33947139141     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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