Prediction and experimental verification of performance of box type solar cooker - Part I. Cooking vessel with central cylindrical cavity

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2034-2043

  Reddy, Avala Raji ^a   Rao, A V Narasimha ^b  

^a KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Box type solar cooker; Conventional cylindrical vessel; Intermittent azimuthal tracking; Thermic fluid; Vessel with central cylindrical cavity

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR HEATING;

AZIMUTHAL TRACKING; COOKING VESSELS; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; SOLAR COOKER; THERMIC FLUIDS;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34247534916     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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