Design and performance of a transportable hemispherical solar still

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Ismail, Basel I ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distillate yield; Distilled water; Hemispherical transportable still; Solar energy; Solar stills; Still efficiency

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

AVERAGE EFFICIENCIES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DISTILLATE YIELD; DISTILLED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HEMISPHERICAL SOLAR STILLS; HEMISPHERICAL TRANSPORTABLE STILL; SOLAR STILLS;

SALINE WATER;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 51649098955     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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