Annual performance analysis and thermal modelling of passive solar still for different inclinations of condensing cover

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1358-1382

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Purification of brackish water; Solar distillation; Solar fraction; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; PURIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CONDENSING COVER; SOLAR DISTILLATION; SOLAR FRACTION; THERMAL MODELLING;

DISTILLATION;

CONDENSATION; DISTILLATION; PASSIVE SOLAR BUILDINGS; PURIFICATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 36049024036     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1309     Document Type: Article

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