Performance evaluation of a modified design of a single slope solar still

Desalination

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 222-230

  Abdallah, Salah ^a   Badran, Omar ^b   Abu Khader, Mazen M ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Design modifications; Solar energy; Solar still; Sun tracking devices; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

SOLAR STILL; STEP-WISE BASIN; SUN TRACKING SYSTEM;

DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; MIRRORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

DESIGN; INSTALLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 36749037191     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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