Energy and exergy efficiencies of a solar box-cooker

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-214

  Ozturk H H ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

energy efficiency; exergy efficiency; solar box cooker

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349127560     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2004.005091     Document Type: Article

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